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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 12: "Darl" means to wail in grief?
(a) Keen.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Keel.
(d) Gesticulate.

2. Which of the Bundren children is Reverend Whitfield the father to?
(a) Jewel.
(b) Cash.
(c) Darl.
(d) Vardaman.

3. With whom does Darl return from the fields in Chapter 1: "Darl"?
(a) Vardaman.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Cash.
(d) Tull.

4. What does Darl keep doing as he is put on the train in Chapter 57: “Darl”?
(a) Cursing.
(b) Crying.
(c) Screaming.
(d) Laughing.

5. What is notable about the ending of Chapter 38: “Cash”?
(a) It is written in bold type.
(b) It is written in italics.
(c) It employs improper words.
(d) It cuts off mid-sentence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the time does Cash say people are generally upright in a house in Chapter 18: "Cash"?

2. What does Cash ask about whether it is safe when he is tended to on the riverbank in Chapter 37: “Darl”?

3. Who does Cora describe interrupting Darl as he stared at his dying mother in Chapter 6: "Cora"?

4. Which of Addie’s children does Cora tell Addie is her punishment on earth in Chapter 39: “Cora”?

5. Vardaman gets up from the pallet to see about what in Chapter 49: “Vardaman”?

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