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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. What was Cora cooking that made Vardaman become crazed, according to Tull in Chapter 20: "Tull"?
(a) A fish.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A frog.
(d) A goose.

2. What does Vardaman claim his mother is in Chapter 19: "Vardaman"?
(a) A goddess.
(b) A buzzard.
(c) A horse.
(d) A fish.

3. What animals does Vardaman attack in Chapter 13: "Vardaman"?
(a) Horses.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Wolves.

4. What does Darl describe the air as smelling like as he watches Cash work in Chapter 17: "Darl"?
(a) Sulphur.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Apples.
(d) Leather.

5. What are the names of Tull's daughters?
(a) Mary and Marie.
(b) Sarah and Anna.
(c) Donna and Eula.
(d) Kate and Eula.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who repeatedly spits into the dust in Chapter 5: "Darl"?

2. How old does Tull say his mother lived until in Chapter 8: "Tull"?

3. What does Dewey Dell say she is taking to town in a package in Chapter 24: "Vardaman"?

4. Who does the narrator describe picking into the secret shade with in Chapter 7: "Dewey Dell"?

5. Who is sitting with Pa on the back porch in Chapter 3: "Darl"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is indicated by Anse’s superstitions about moving in Chapter 9: “Anse”?

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

3. How is Anse Bundren characterized in Chapter 5: “Darl”? How does Jewel differ from his father?

4. What actions and events comprise Chapter 22: “Cash”? How does the chapter end?

5. What does Jewel do when he family departs in Chapter 25: “Darl”? Why?

6. What is significant about Vardaman’s assessment of his mother in Chapter 15: “Vardaman”?

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

8. How are Cash Bundren’s feelings for his father illustrated through his actions in Chapter 17: “Darl”?

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

10. What does Vardaman do after fleeing the house in Chapter 13: “Vardaman”?

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