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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tull say is the only burden Anse has ever had in Chapter 16: "Tull"?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Lack of intelligence.
(c) Himself.
(d) His father.

2. Who comes to inform those at the Bundren home that the bridge has gone out in Chapter 20: "Tull"?
(a) Samson.
(b) Cash.
(c) Coara.
(d) Whitfield.

3. Anse claims in Chapter 28: "Anse" that there is nowhere in this world that an honest, hardworking man can do what?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Find a wife.
(c) Lose money.
(d) Profit.

4. What environmental change does Anse blame for Addie's illness in Chapter 9: "Anse"?
(a) The building of a road.
(b) The chopping down of the forest.
(c) The installment of a condominium.
(d) The building of a hospital.

5. What does Darl claim Jewel's mother is in Chapter 21: "Darl"?
(a) A witch.
(b) A horse.
(c) A buzzard.
(d) A fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Cora cooking that made Vardaman become crazed, according to Tull in Chapter 20: "Tull"?

2. What do Anse and Jewel argue about in Chapter 24: "Vardaman"?

3. What does Cash complain that the coffin will not do in Chapter 22: "Cash"?

4. What is Addie compared to in Chapter 15: Vardaman"?

5. What word from Chapter 12: "Darl" means to wail in grief?

(see the answer key)

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