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

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

3. Which of the Bundren children is Reverend Whitfield the father to?
(a) Jewel.
(b) Darl.
(c) Cash.
(d) Vardaman.

4. What does Cash describe stopping to borrow in the house in Chapter 59: “Cash”?
(a) A wagon.
(b) A gramophone
(c) A mule.
(d) Shovels.

5. Anse claims in Chapter 28: "Anse" that there is nowhere in this world that an honest, hardworking man can do what?
(a) Profit.
(b) Find a wife.
(c) Lose money.
(d) Get a job.

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

7. Where has Anse gone in Chapter 54: “Peabody”?
(a) To the bank.
(b) To the barber shop.
(c) To the church.
(d) To his uncle's house.

8. Who suggests it was the hand of God that brought the log in Chapter 36: “Tull”?
(a) Cora.
(b) Cash.
(c) Addie.
(d) Darl.

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

10. Who comes to the door at the drug store when Dewey Dell knocks in Chapter 56: “Vardaman”?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Jackson.
(c) MacGowan.
(d) Tull.

11. Dr. Peabody says in Chapter 54: “Peabody” that he can see how a man in a tight spot might let who patch him up?
(a) Jake Jackson.
(b) Bill Varner.
(c) Anse.
(d) Walter Sanders.

12. What does Anse describe washing up on the Lord's earth for eight years in Chapter 28: "Anse"?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Blood.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Swamp water.

13. What strikes the wagon as it crosses the ford in Chapter 35: “Vardaman”?
(a) Another wagon.
(b) A horse.
(c) A log.
(d) A rock.

14. Which of Addie's children was born as a result of an affair she had?
(a) Vandaman.
(b) Dewey Dell.
(c) Darl.
(d) Jewel.

15. What is used to break the cast off Cash’s leg in Chapter 51: “Vardaman”?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A rock.
(c) A rake.
(d) A hammer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the men who accompany Darl on the train in Chapter 57: “Darl,” says they are riding on the state’s money which is referred to as what?

2. While the family is at Peabody’s, Anse says he is going where in Chapter 59: “Cash”?

3. What do Mack and Gillespie use to cover the animals’ eyes in Chapter 50: “Darl”?

4. Which of Addie’s children does Cora tell Addie is her punishment on earth in Chapter 39: “Cora”?

5. What does Anse anticipate getting at the end of his journey in Chapter 28: “Anse”?

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