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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. MacGowan says to send Dewey Dell to see whom upstairs in Chapter 55: “MacGowan”?
(a) Judy.
(b) Alford.
(c) Jack.
(d) Paul.

3. Who does Vardaman describe waking up the hill with him in Chapter 47: “Vardaman”?
(a) Tull, Cora, and Cash.
(b) Darl, Anse, and Addie.
(c) Darl, Jewel, and Dewey Dell.
(d) Jewel, Cash, and Dewey Dell.

4. Who walks across the remains of the bridge as the others prepare to take the wagon across the ford in Chapter 33: “Tull”?
(a) Cash and Darl.
(b) Tull, Anse, Dewey Dell, and Vardaman.
(c) Cash, Darl, and Jewel.
(d) Jewel, Cash, and Dewey Dell.

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

6. While the family is at Peabody’s, Anse says he is going where in Chapter 59: “Cash”?
(a) To the funeral home.
(b) To the bakery.
(c) To the barber.
(d) To the chapel.

7. Where does Addie describe going on in the afternoon when school was out and the last one had left in Chapter 40: “Addie”?
(a) To the church.
(b) To the apple tree.
(c) To the spring.
(d) To the library.

8. Who suggests taking Cash to Peabody's in Chapter 59: “Cash”?
(a) Dewey Dell.
(b) Cora.
(c) Vardaman.
(d) Jewel.

9. Who is impatient to cross the river with the wagon and get it over with in Chapter 34: “Darl”?
(a) Jewel.
(b) Cora.
(c) Cash.
(d) Darl.

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

11. Cash says in Chapter 59: “Cash” that he could have bought a gramophone from whom for $5?
(a) Williams.
(b) Smith.
(c) Mitchum.
(d) Suratt.

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

13. What is the name of the counter boy at the pharmacy in Chapter 55: “MacGowan”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Mitch.
(c) Roger.
(d) Jody.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Addie tell Anse she has family in Chapter 40: “Addie”?

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

3. 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?

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

5. Who gets angry and insults the black men in Chapter 52: “Darl”?

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