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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. MacGowan says all the doctors in town are gone where to a Barbers’ Convention in Chapter 55: “MacGowan”?
(a) Tulsa.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Little Rock.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Vardaman thinks about how Darl was taken on a train where in Chapter 56: “Vardaman”?
(a) To Jackson.
(b) To Little Rock.
(c) To New Orleans.
(d) To Memphis.

9. 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.

10. Whose money does Dewey Dell say the $10 was in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell”?
(a) Darl's.
(b) Lafe's.
(c) Addie's.
(d) Cora's.

11. The rope that Jewel holds in Chapter 36: “Tull” is compared with what?
(a) A dragon tail.
(b) A blade of lightning.
(c) An iron bar.
(d) A snake.

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

13. Anse Bundren says in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell” that his own daughter accuses him of being a what?
(a) Dog.
(b) Thief.
(c) Murderer.
(d) Lecher.

14. How far is the wagon past the mouth of the lane when Jewel approaches on the horse in Chapter 27: "Darl"?
(a) 200 yards.
(b) 50 yards.
(c) 100 yards.
(d) 300 yards.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anse’s new wife carrying as she approaches the wagon in Chapter 59: “Cash”?

2. What word from Chapter 27: "Darl" means tending to induce sleep?

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

4. What does Anse anticipate getting at the end of his journey in Chapter 28: “Anse”?

5. Where do the Bundrens decide to stop for medicine for Cash in Chapter 44: “Vardaman”?

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