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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 54 - 59.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of the time does Cash say people are generally upright in a house in Chapter 18: "Cash"?
(a) 1/2 of the time.
(b) 3/4 of the time.
(c) 1/4 of the time.
(d) 2/3 of the time.

2. Where does Tull describe Quick finding the buckboard in Chapter 20: "Tull"?
(a) In a ditch.
(b) In the church.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the backyard.

3. What does Vardaman ask Darl about the buzzards in Chapter 47: “Vardaman”?
(a) What they eat.
(b) What they symbolize.
(c) Where they stay at night.
(d) Why they keep following.

4. Who begins to fall behind when carrying the casket in Chapter 23: "Darl"?
(a) Cash.
(b) Anse.
(c) Samson.
(d) Jewel.

5. Who says that Jewel Bundren bought his horse from “pappy” in Chapter 29: “Samson”?
(a) Cash.
(b) Samson.
(c) Quick.
(d) Tull.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house do the Bundrens arrive at in Chapter 42: “Darl”?

2. Vardaman thinks about how Darl was taken on a train where in Chapter 56: “Vardaman”?

3. What do the Bundrens do to relieve Cash of the heat in his leg in Chapter 48: “Darl”?

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

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

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