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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Dewey Dell and Vardaman eating in the wagon in Chapter 59: “Cash”?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Apples.
(d) Oranges.

3. What word from Chapter 27: "Darl" means tending to induce sleep?
(a) Collorary.
(b) Soporific.
(c) Elucitive.
(d) Anthromorphic.

4. Who does Armstid say had told him that the levee through Haley bottom had done gone for two miles in Chapter 43: “Armstid”?
(a) Snopes.
(b) Peabody.
(c) Quick.
(d) Littlejohn.

5. Where do the Bundrens stay at the home where they take Cash in Chapter 42: “Darl”?
(a) The basement.
(b) The attic.
(c) The front porch.
(d) The barn.

6. Who drops off Anse's mules in the end of Chapter 43: “Armstid”?
(a) Paula Wilson.
(b) Mary Snopes.
(c) Eustace Grimm.
(d) Pat Anderson.

7. Which of Addie’s children does Cora tell Addie is her punishment on earth in Chapter 39: “Cora”?
(a) Darl.
(b) Samson.
(c) Jewel.
(d) Dewey Dell.

8. How far is the wagon past the mouth of the lane when Jewel approaches on the horse in Chapter 27: "Darl"?
(a) 100 yards.
(b) 50 yards.
(c) 200 yards.
(d) 300 yards.

9. Who suggests taking Cash to Peabody's in Chapter 59: “Cash”?
(a) Dewey Dell.
(b) Cora.
(c) Vardaman.
(d) Jewel.

10. What does Vardaman hope to see as he and Dewey Dell walk through Jefferson at night in Chapter 56: “Vardaman”?
(a) A horse.
(b) A dog.
(c) A toy truck.
(d) A toy train.

11. What is Quick's first name?
(a) Vernon.
(b) Lon.
(c) Tom.
(d) Paul.

12. Why does the family perceive that Cash is safe in Chapter 37: “Darl”?
(a) Because he only sprained a wrist.
(b) Because he is overcoming his dehydration.
(c) Because it is the same leg that was previously broken.
(d) Because he no longer owes everyone money.

13. Anse exclaims to Addie that she’s lucky why in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell”?
(a) That she died.
(b) That she had money.
(c) That her parents had died.
(d) That she divorced him.

14. Who does Vardaman think has a hold of Addie’s coffin in Chapter 35: “Vardaman”?
(a) Cash.
(b) Anse.
(c) Dewey Dell.
(d) Darl.

15. What does Cash ask about whether it is safe when he is tended to on the riverbank in Chapter 37: “Darl”?
(a) The wagon.
(b) The mules.
(c) The coffin.
(d) His tools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cash gather willow leaves to clean a mud stain from the wagon in Chapter 27: "Darl"?

2. Who does Vardaman describe waking up the hill with him in Chapter 47: “Vardaman”?

3. Which of Addie's children was born as a result of an affair she had?

4. What is on fire in the beginning of Chapter 50: “Darl”?

5. Anse Bundren says in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell” that his own daughter accuses him of being a what?

(see the answer keys)

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