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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the wagon when Darl begins laughing in Chapter 25: "Darl"?
(a) Quick's Lane.
(b) Samson's Lane.
(c) Tull's Lane.
(d) Anderson's Lane.

2. Who is the boy who walks up with a fish in Chapter 8: "Tull"?
(a) Jack.
(b) Vardaman.
(c) Darl.
(d) Samson.

3. Who advised Cora to get a good breed of chickens in Chapter 2: "Cora"?
(a) Mrs. Anderson.
(b) Mrs. Lawington.
(c) Mrs. Bundren.
(d) Mrs. Paul.

4. What do Anse and Jewel argue about in Chapter 24: "Vardaman"?
(a) Whether Jewel will leave to go home.
(b) Whether Jewel will drive the wagon.
(c) Whether Jewel will ride his horse on the trip.
(d) Whether Jewel will get married.

5. What does Darl claim Jewel's mother is in Chapter 21: "Darl"?
(a) A fish.
(b) A horse.
(c) A witch.
(d) A buzzard.

6. How many miles does Cora say the Bundrens are carting Addie to bury her in Chapter 6: "Cora"?
(a) 40 miles.
(b) 60 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

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) Tull.
(d) Anse.

8. What are the names of Tull's daughters?
(a) Kate and Eula.
(b) Sarah and Anna.
(c) Mary and Marie.
(d) Donna and Eula.

9. Who shouts at the other pallbearers to pick up in Chapter 23: "Darl"?
(a) Darl.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Cash.
(d) Dewey Dell.

10. Who repeatedly spits into the dust in Chapter 5: "Darl"?
(a) Anse.
(b) Samson.
(c) Darl.
(d) Tull.

11. Who is driving the wagon in Chapter 25: "Darl"?
(a) Darl.
(b) Cash.
(c) Vardaman.
(d) Dewey Dell.

12. How old is Peabody?
(a) 70 years old.
(b) 60 years old.
(c) 40 years old.
(d) 50 years old.

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

14. 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) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

15. Why does Peabody hope for Addie's impending death in Chapter 11: "Peabody"?
(a) Because otherwise he will have to tell his wife about the affair.
(b) Because he hates her.
(c) Because otherwise he will have to haul her back to town.
(d) Because otherwise he will be expected to marry her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vardaman say Dewey Dell told him they would get in Chapter 15: Vardaman"?

2. Who fetches the rope to assist Peabody in climbing the bluff in Chapter 11: "Peabody"?

3. Whose raincoat is offered to Cash while he works on the coffin in Chapter 17: "Darl"?

4. What is the first reason that Cash lists for making it on the bevel in Chapter 18: "Cash"?

5. What caused Pa to be laid up sick, according to Jewel in Chapter 4: "Jewel"?

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