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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 40 - 46.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does Dewey Dell imagine killing as she rides in the wagon in Chapter 30: “Dewey Dell”?
(a) Vardaman.
(b) Cash.
(c) Darl.
(d) Anse.

3. Which of Addie's children was born as a result of an affair she had?
(a) Vandaman.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Darl.
(d) Dewey Dell.

4. Where do the Bundrens decide to stop for medicine for Cash in Chapter 44: “Vardaman”?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Mottson.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Anderson.

5. What is carried away in the current in Chapter 35: “Vardaman”?
(a) The coffin.
(b) The wagon wheels.
(c) Cora's cakes.
(d) The mules.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anse anticipate getting after Addie dies in Chapter 12: "Darl"?

2. Who does Vardaman think has a hold of Addie’s coffin in Chapter 35: “Vardaman”?

3. Anse claims in Chapter 28: "Anse" that there is nowhere in this world that an honest, hardworking man can do what?

4. What does Vardaman claim his mother is in Chapter 19: "Vardaman"?

5. Who blames Ma's decline on the sound of her coffin being built in Chapter 5: "Darl"?

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