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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What word from Chapter 12: "Darl" means to wail in grief?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Keen.
(c) Gesticulate.
(d) Keel.
2. Where does Tull describe Quick finding the buckboard in Chapter 20: "Tull"?
(a) In the backyard.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In a ditch.
(d) In the church.
3. What caused Pa to be laid up sick, according to Jewel in Chapter 4: "Jewel"?
(a) He lost his hand to a saw.
(b) He got heatstroke from working the cotton fields.
(c) A load of wood fell on him.
(d) He was hit by a jackhammer.
4. 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) Jewel.
(b) Cash.
(c) Vardaman.
(d) Darl.
5. Who comes to inform those at the Bundren home that the bridge has gone out in Chapter 20: "Tull"?
(a) Samson.
(b) Cash.
(c) Whitfield.
(d) Coara.
6. How long does Dewey Dell say it took for Addie to die in Chapter 14: "Dewey Dell"?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Five days.
7. What does Vardaman ask Cash if he is going to do with the coffin in Chapter 15: Vardaman"?
(a) Finish it within the week.
(b) Nail it shut.
(c) Send it back.
(d) Sell it.
8. 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) Metaphor.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.
9. Who advised Cora to get a good breed of chickens in Chapter 2: "Cora"?
(a) Mrs. Lawington.
(b) Mrs. Anderson.
(c) Mrs. Paul.
(d) Mrs. Bundren.
10. Who does the narrator describe picking into the secret shade with in Chapter 7: "Dewey Dell"?
(a) Paul.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Jack.
(d) Lafe.
11. How does Tull describe Vardaman's behavior in Chapter 16: "Tull"?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Creepy.
(c) Boisterous.
(d) Proud.
12. Whose raincoat is offered to Cash while he works on the coffin in Chapter 17: "Darl"?
(a) Addie's.
(b) Darl's.
(c) Cora's.
(d) Jewel's.
13. Who storms into the barn in Chapter 25: "Darl"?
(a) Anse.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Cash.
(d) Tull.
14. What part of the barn is Cash repairing in Chapter 24: "Vardaman"?
(a) The pigpen.
(b) The loft.
(c) The roof.
(d) The stables.
15. Who does Cora describe interrupting Darl as he stared at his dying mother in Chapter 6: "Cora"?
(a) Jewel.
(b) Tull.
(c) Dewey Dell.
(d) Vardaman.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Darl describe the air as smelling like as he watches Cash work in Chapter 17: "Darl"?
2. Who is driving the wagon in Chapter 25: "Darl"?
3. What is Vardaman doing when he is seen after the funeral service in Chapter 20: "Tull"?
4. Where is Cora from?
5. What do Anse and Jewel argue about in Chapter 24: "Vardaman"?
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