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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What follows the Bundrens’ wagon as they travel in Chapter 44: “Vardaman”?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Cats.
(d) Buzzards.

2. Who analyzes the bridge situation methodically in Chapter 34: “Darl”?
(a) Anse.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Darl.
(d) Cash.

3. Who walks across the remains of the bridge as the others prepare to take the wagon across the ford in Chapter 33: “Tull”?
(a) Tull, Anse, Dewey Dell, and Vardaman.
(b) Cash and Darl.
(c) Jewel, Cash, and Dewey Dell.
(d) Cash, Darl, and Jewel.

4. Who comes up with a plan that compromises the other two plans in Chapter 34: “Darl”?
(a) Anse.
(b) Cora.
(c) Darl.
(d) Dewey Dell.

5. Where does Addie tell Anse she has family in Chapter 40: “Addie”?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Little Rock.

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

7. Who sleeps on the pallet with Vardaman in Chapter 49: “Vardaman”?
(a) Dewey Dell.
(b) Cash.
(c) Jewel.
(d) Darl.

8. Whose barn are the Bundrens preparing to spend the night at in Chapter 48: “Darl”?
(a) The Tulls' barn.
(b) The Russels' barn.
(c) The Samsons' barn.
(d) The Gillespies' barn.

9. Who is impatient to cross the river with the wagon and get it over with in Chapter 34: “Darl”?
(a) Jewel.
(b) Cash.
(c) Darl.
(d) Cora.

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

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

12. Anse continually wonders why he did not think to do what in Chapter 52: “Darl”?
(a) To prepare a will for his wife.
(b) To call ahead and have the grave dug.
(c) To get divorced from his wife.
(d) To disinherit his sons.

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

14. What does Darl ask Jewel in Chapter 48: “Darl,” angering him?
(a) Where he plans to live.
(b) Who their mother is.
(c) Who their father is.
(d) Why he has not married.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Addie says in Chapter 40: “Addie” that she could remember how her father used to say that the reason for living was what?

3. Who comes to the door at the drug store when Dewey Dell knocks in Chapter 56: “Vardaman”?

4. What is used to break the cast off Cash’s leg in Chapter 51: “Vardaman”?

5. What word from Chapter 41: “Whitfield” means having unlimited power?

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