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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33 - 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is driving the wagon in Chapter 25: "Darl"?
(a) Dewey Dell.
(b) Cash.
(c) Darl.
(d) Vardaman.

2. 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) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

3. Dewey Dell says in Chapter 30: “Dewey Dell" that the land runs out of Darl's eyes and swims to what?
(a) The sky.
(b) The sea.
(c) Pinpoints.
(d) Mountains.

4. What does Darl describe the air as smelling like as he watches Cash work in Chapter 17: "Darl"?
(a) Sulphur.
(b) Leather.
(c) Apples.
(d) Oranges.

5. For how long does Cora say she's been coming to stay with Addie almost every day in Chapter 6: "Cora"?
(a) For six weeks.
(b) For two weeks.
(c) For three days.
(d) For three weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Darl return from the fields in Chapter 1: "Darl"?

2. How old was Pa when he got sick from working in the sun, according to Darl in Chapter 5: "Darl"?

3. Samson believes that Anse's stubbornness is a byproduct of what?

4. Who walks across the remains of the bridge as the others prepare to take the wagon across the ford in Chapter 33: “Tull”?

5. What does Dewey Dell say she is taking to town in a package in Chapter 24: "Vardaman"?

(see the answer key)

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