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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people does Samson describe on the wagon in Chapter 29: “Samson”?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

4. What is notable about the ending of Chapter 38: “Cash”?
(a) It cuts off mid-sentence.
(b) It employs improper words.
(c) It is written in bold type.
(d) It is written in italics.

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

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

7. How does Dewey Dell imagine herself sitting in the wagon in Chapter 30: “Dewey Dell”?
(a) Married.
(b) Employed.
(c) Naked.
(d) Dead.

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

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

10. Dewey Dell says in Chapter 30: “Dewey Dell" that the land runs out of Darl's eyes and swims to what?
(a) The sea.
(b) The sky.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Pinpoints.

11. Anse continually wonders why he did not think to do what in Chapter 52: “Darl”?
(a) To disinherit his sons.
(b) To call ahead and have the grave dug.
(c) To get divorced from his wife.
(d) To prepare a will for his wife.

12. 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 make money.
(b) To get ready to stay dead.
(c) To marry and procreate.
(d) To do good to people.

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

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

15. Who suggests it was the hand of God that brought the log in Chapter 36: “Tull”?
(a) Darl.
(b) Addie.
(c) Cora.
(d) Cash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 27: "Darl" means denying the validity or truth of something?

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

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

4. Cash’s principle concern in Chapter 42: “Darl” is for the safety of what?

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

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