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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How far does the sign say that New Hope Church is in Chapter 27: "Darl"?
(a) Three miles.
(b) Four miles.
(c) Six miles.
(d) Two miles.

5. Who saves Addie’s coffin from the fire in Chapter 50: “Darl”?
(a) Anse.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Gillespie.
(d) Darl.

6. Where do the Bundrens decide to stop for medicine for Cash in Chapter 44: “Vardaman”?
(a) Mottson.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Memphis.

7. What word from Chapter 41: “Whitfield” means having unlimited power?
(a) Elusive.
(b) Omnipotent.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Evangelical.

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

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

10. What word from Chapter 27: "Darl" means denying the validity or truth of something?
(a) Repudiate.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Petulant.
(d) Endemic.

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

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

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

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

15. MacGowan says to send Dewey Dell to see whom upstairs in Chapter 55: “MacGowan”?
(a) Alford.
(b) Paul.
(c) Judy.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dewey Dell says in Chapter 30: “Dewey Dell" that the land runs out of Darl's eyes and swims to what?

2. Darl claims in Chapter 57: “Darl” that a nickel has a woman on one side and what on the other?

3. Samson believes that Anse's stubbornness is a byproduct of what?

4. MacGowan says all the doctors in town are gone where to a Barbers’ Convention in Chapter 55: “MacGowan”?

5. How many square inches of skin does Dr. Peabody say Cash will lose in getting the cast off in Chapter 54: “Peabody”?

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