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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Armstid say has three to four horses in Chapter 43: “Armstid”?
(a) Snopes.
(b) Peabody.
(c) Quick.
(d) Tull.

3. Who goes to the Bundren's wagon to tell them about the bridge in Chapter 29: “Samson”?
(a) Quick.
(b) Tull.
(c) Dewey Dell.
(d) Samson.

4. What is carried away in the current in Chapter 35: “Vardaman”?
(a) Cora's cakes.
(b) The wagon wheels.
(c) The mules.
(d) The coffin.

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

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

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

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

9. Who tells Vardaman that Addie told him to hide her away from the sight of man in Chapter 49: “Vardaman”?
(a) Cash.
(b) Darl.
(c) Cora.
(d) Dewey Dell.

10. 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) Walter Sanders.
(d) Anse.

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

12. What does Cash ask about whether it is safe when he is tended to on the riverbank in Chapter 37: “Darl”?
(a) The mules.
(b) The coffin.
(c) His tools.
(d) The wagon.

13. Who says that Jewel Bundren bought his horse from “pappy” in Chapter 29: “Samson”?
(a) Cash.
(b) Samson.
(c) Quick.
(d) Tull.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is drug by Jewel’s horse from the water in Chapter 36: “Tull”?

3. Who comes up with a plan that compromises the other two plans in Chapter 34: “Darl”?

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

5. Vardaman gets up from the pallet to see about what in Chapter 49: “Vardaman”?

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