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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Addie compared to in Chapter 15: Vardaman"?
(a) A horse.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A cat.
(d) A cloud.

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

3. 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).
(a) Simile.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

4. Where is Cora from?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Arkansas.

5. What does Cora say "will break up a hen-house quicker than anything," in Chapter 2: "Cora" (5)?
(a) "A rat."
(b) "A coyote."
(c) "A snake."
(d) "A raccoon."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Cora say she baked yesterday in Chapter 2: "Cora"?

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

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

5. What does Dewey Dell repeatedly say that she is in Chapter 14: "Dewey Dell"?

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