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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Darl insinuate that Dewey Dell wants Addie to die in Chapter 10: "Darl"?
(a) So she can marry Samson.
(b) So she can tend to her father.
(c) So she can go live in town.
(d) So she can marry Tull.

2. Who does the narrator describe picking into the secret shade with in Chapter 7: "Dewey Dell"?
(a) Lafe.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Jack.
(d) Paul.

3. What does Dewey Dell say she is going to do while Anse and Cash eat in Chapter 14: "Dewey Dell"?
(a) To go shopping.
(b) To call her cousin.
(c) To start up the car.
(d) To milk the cow.

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

5. Who blames Ma's decline on the sound of her coffin being built in Chapter 5: "Darl"?
(a) Darl.
(b) Cash.
(c) Jewel.
(d) Samson.

6. To whom does Pa say "You got no affection nor gentleness for [Addie]" (18) in Chapter 5?
(a) Vernon.
(b) Sam.
(c) Darl.
(d) Jewel.

7. Who does Cora say "admits that a good breed of cows or hogs pays in the long run" in Chapter 2: "Cora"?
(a) Darl.
(b) Vardaman.
(c) Anse.
(d) Tull.

8. Who does Cora describe interrupting Darl as he stared at his dying mother in Chapter 6: "Cora"?
(a) Dewey Dell.
(b) Tull.
(c) Vardaman.
(d) Jewel.

9. How long does Dewey Dell say it took for Addie to die in Chapter 14: "Dewey Dell"?
(a) Three days.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Two days.

10. What animals does Vardaman attack in Chapter 13: "Vardaman"?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Horses.
(d) Wolves.

11. Who is described as the only one of Addie's children that "had his mother's nature, had any natural affection" (19) in Chapter 6: "Cora"?
(a) Cash.
(b) Darl.
(c) Vardaman.
(d) Jewel.

12. Who does Vardaman blame for his mother's death in Chapter 13: "Vardaman"?
(a) Tull.
(b) Cora.
(c) Cash.
(d) Peabody.

13. Who is Tull talking to in Chapter 8: "Tull"?
(a) Anse.
(b) Dewey Dell.
(c) Quick.
(d) Samson.

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

15. Who says "I mislike undecision as much as ere a man" in Chapter 5: "Darl"?
(a) Tull.
(b) Anse.
(c) Darl.
(d) Cash.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old does Tull say his mother lived until in Chapter 8: "Tull"?

3. What are the names of Tull's daughters?

4. Who ends up hoisting the coffin into the wagon alone in Chapter 23: "Darl"?

5. Who is the boy who walks up with a fish in Chapter 8: "Tull"?

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