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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the family is at Peabody’s, Anse says he is going where in Chapter 59: “Cash”?
(a) To the funeral home.
(b) To the barber.
(c) To the chapel.
(d) To the bakery.

2. 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) 300 yards.
(d) 200 yards.

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

4. Tull describes Anse as looking like what dressed up in Chapter 31: “Tull"?
(a) A scarecrow.
(b) An uncurried horse.
(c) An old man.
(d) A weathered goat.

5. 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.

6. Where does Cash gather willow leaves to clean a mud stain from the wagon in Chapter 27: "Darl"?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Whiteleaf.

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

8. Who is drug by Jewel’s horse from the water in Chapter 36: “Tull”?
(a) Darl.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Vardaman.
(d) Cash.

9. 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) His tools.
(c) The mules.
(d) The coffin.

10. Who does Reverend Whitfield imagine going to confess his sin to in Chapter 41: “Whitfield”?
(a) Anse.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Darl.
(d) Cora.

11. Vardaman says that Jewel does not have what anymore in Chapter 47: “Vardaman”?
(a) A horse.
(b) A father.
(c) Hope.
(d) Money.

12. Who tends to Cash Bundren on the riverbank in Chapter 37: “Darl”?
(a) Cora.
(b) Vardaman.
(c) Dewey Dell.
(d) Darl.

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

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

15. Darl claims in Chapter 57: “Darl” that a nickel has a woman on one side and what on the other?
(a) A buffalo.
(b) A salmon.
(c) A quarter.
(d) A dime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the counter boy at the pharmacy in Chapter 55: “MacGowan”?

2. What does Anse describe washing up on the Lord's earth for eight years in Chapter 28: "Anse"?

3. Where has Anse gone in Chapter 54: “Peabody”?

4. The rope that Jewel holds in Chapter 36: “Tull” is compared with what?

5. What does Darl ask Jewel in Chapter 48: “Darl,” angering him?

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