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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Anse.
(b) Bill Varner.
(c) Walter Sanders.
(d) Jake Jackson.

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

5. What is Anse’s new wife carrying as she approaches the wagon in Chapter 59: “Cash”?
(a) A hat box.
(b) A dog.
(c) A gramophone.
(d) A kitten.

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

7. How many square inches of skin does Dr. Peabody say Cash will lose in getting the cast off in Chapter 54: “Peabody”?
(a) 90.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

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

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

10. What is on fire in the beginning of Chapter 50: “Darl”?
(a) The Peabodys' barn.
(b) The Bundren home.
(c) The Gillespies' barn.
(d) The Andersons' house.

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

12. The rope that Jewel holds in Chapter 36: “Tull” is compared with what?
(a) A blade of lightning.
(b) A snake.
(c) An iron bar.
(d) A dragon tail.

13. Where is Addie’s coffin carried and placed in the beginning of Chapter 51: “Vardaman”?
(a) Under an oak tree.
(b) Under an apple tree.
(c) Next to the church.
(d) Under a willow tree.

14. Armstid says in Chapter 43: “Armstid” that Jewel Bundren went to get Dr. Peabody but he was gone to Inverness, so who came back with Jewel?
(a) Quick.
(b) Snopes.
(c) Tull.
(d) Uncle Billy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What follows the Bundrens’ wagon as they travel in Chapter 44: “Vardaman”?

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

3. What does Darl describe Cash turning to watch from the wagon in Chapter 27: "Darl"?

4. Who does Reverend Whitfield imagine going to confess his sin to in Chapter 41: “Whitfield”?

5. Samson claims in Chapter 29: “Samson” that he does not believe there is a bridge between them and where?

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