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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is used to break the cast off Cash’s leg in Chapter 51: “Vardaman”?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A rock.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A rake.

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

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

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

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

6. Who does Armstid say had told him that the levee through Haley bottom had done gone for two miles in Chapter 43: “Armstid”?
(a) Littlejohn.
(b) Quick.
(c) Peabody.
(d) Snopes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Addie says in Chapter 40: “Addie” that she could remember how her father used to say that the reason for living was what?
(a) To get ready to stay dead.
(b) To make money.
(c) To do good to people.
(d) To marry and procreate.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who prepares to take the wagon across the ford as the others walk over the remains of the bridge in Chapter 33: “Tull”?

3. While the family is at Peabody’s, Anse says he is going where in Chapter 59: “Cash”?

4. What do the Bundrens do to relieve Cash of the heat in his leg in Chapter 48: “Darl”?

5. What does Vardaman ask Darl about the buzzards in Chapter 47: “Vardaman”?

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