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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who blames Ma's decline on the sound of her coffin being built in Chapter 5: "Darl"?
(a) Samson.
(b) Cash.
(c) Darl.
(d) Jewel.

2. Who watches Darl pass through the house while touching her beads in the end of Chapter 2: "Cora"?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Mae.
(c) Anna.
(d) Eula.

3. Where is the wagon when Darl begins laughing in Chapter 25: "Darl"?
(a) Tull's Lane.
(b) Quick's Lane.
(c) Samson's Lane.
(d) Anderson's Lane.

4. Who storms into the barn in Chapter 25: "Darl"?
(a) Anse.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Cash.
(d) Tull.

5. Where does Tull describe Quick finding the buckboard in Chapter 20: "Tull"?
(a) In the church.
(b) In a ditch.
(c) In the backyard.
(d) In the attic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary device is employed in the following sentence from Chapter 8: "Tull"? "His eyes look like pieces of burnt-out cinder fixed in his face, looking out over the land" (11).

2. What are the names of Tull's daughters?

3. What disappears near the house as the wagon pulls away in Chapter 25: "Darl"?

4. What does Vardaman say Dewey Dell told him they would get in Chapter 15: Vardaman"?

5. How does Darl say that Peabody has "pussel-gutted himself" (13) in Chapter 10: "Darl"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is indicated by Darl’s assessments of his mother Chapter 21: “Darl”?

2. What does "luck" mean to Anse Bundren?

3. Why does Anse Bundren complain about Jewel in Chapter 26: “Anse”? How does Darl respond when he sees Jewel?

4. How is Cora Tull characterized as a narrator in Chapter 6: “Cora”?

5. What question does Darl pose to Jewel in Chapter 10: “Darl”? How does Jewel respond?

6. Why is Jewel Bundren angry in Chapter 4: “Jewel”? What does his anger indicate about Jewel’s character?

7. What is indicated by Cash’s detailed list in Chapter 18: “Cash”?

8. What is foreshadowed about Dewey Dell’s condition in Chapter 14: “Dewey Dell”?

9. How would you describe Jewel Bundren’s actions in carrying the coffin in Chapter 23: “Darl”?

10. What makes Darl Bundren unique as a narrator in As I Lay Dying?

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