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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who prepares to take the wagon across the ford as the others walk over the remains of the bridge in Chapter 33: “Tull”?
(a) Cora and Addie.
(b) Darl, Cash, and Jewel.
(c) Anse and Dewey Dell.
(d) Anse and Tull.

2. What is Quick's first name?
(a) Paul.
(b) Lon.
(c) Vernon.
(d) Tom.

3. Which of Addie’s children does Cora tell Addie is her punishment on earth in Chapter 39: “Cora”?
(a) Jewel.
(b) Dewey Dell.
(c) Darl.
(d) Samson.

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

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

6. Whom does Dewey Dell imagine killing as she rides in the wagon in Chapter 30: “Dewey Dell”?
(a) Darl.
(b) Cash.
(c) Vardaman.
(d) Anse.

7. What do Mack and Gillespie use to cover the animals’ eyes in Chapter 50: “Darl”?
(a) Rain jackets.
(b) Grain sacks.
(c) Their nightshirts.
(d) Flour sacks.

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

9. Vardaman gets up from the pallet to see about what in Chapter 49: “Vardaman”?
(a) The cows.
(b) The mules.
(c) The chickens.
(d) The buzzards.

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

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

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

13. Who tends to Cash Bundren on the riverbank in Chapter 37: “Darl”?
(a) Darl.
(b) Dewey Dell.
(c) Cora.
(d) Vardaman.

14. What are Dewey Dell and Vardaman eating in the wagon in Chapter 59: “Cash”?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Apples.

15. Who is Armstid's wife?
(a) Cora.
(b) Anna.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Lula.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who says that Jewel Bundren bought his horse from “pappy” in Chapter 29: “Samson”?

3. What is on fire in the beginning of Chapter 50: “Darl”?

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

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

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