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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money do Darl and Jewel hope to earn by going to a job in Chapter 5?
(a) $10.
(b) $50.
(c) $3.
(d) $5.

2. Whose coffin is being constructed in Chapter 1: "Darl"?
(a) Dewey Dell's coffin.
(b) Addie's coffin.
(c) Vardaman's coffin.
(d) Darl's coffin.

3. Who is heard sawing in the distance in Chapter 1: "Darl"?
(a) Cash.
(b) Darl.
(c) Vardaman.
(d) Tull.

4. Who is Cora married to?
(a) Vernon Tull.
(b) Anse Bundren.
(c) Vanderman Bundren.
(d) Dr. Peabody.

5. What is notable about Dewey Dell's narrative style in Chapter 7: "Dewey Dell"?
(a) She uses a second-person perspective.
(b) She speaks in the future-tense.
(c) She uses improper English.
(d) She uses eloquent English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary device is employed in the following sentence from Chapter 8: "Tull"? "His eyes look like pieces of burnt-out cinder fixed in his face, looking out over the land" (11).

2. How does Darl say that Peabody has "pussel-gutted himself" (13) in Chapter 10: "Darl"?

3. Who does the narrator describe picking into the secret shade with in Chapter 7: "Dewey Dell"?

4. Who does Cora say "admits that a good breed of cows or hogs pays in the long run" in Chapter 2: "Cora"?

5. Who repeatedly spits into the dust in Chapter 5: "Darl"?

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