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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 fetches the rope to assist Peabody in climbing the bluff in Chapter 11: "Peabody"?
(a) Jewel.
(b) Vardaman.
(c) Cash.
(d) Darl.

2. What environmental change does Anse blame for Addie's illness in Chapter 9: "Anse"?
(a) The building of a road.
(b) The chopping down of the forest.
(c) The building of a hospital.
(d) The installment of a condominium.

3. Where does Vardaman describe not being able to breathe in Chapter 15: Vardaman"?
(a) A cellar.
(b) A crib.
(c) A church.
(d) An attic.

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

5. How does Darl say that Peabody has "pussel-gutted himself" (13) in Chapter 10: "Darl"?
(a) By drinking liquor.
(b) By eating cold greens.
(c) By eating bad pork.
(d) By eating raw chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money do Darl and Jewel hope to earn by going to a job in Chapter 5?

2. Who advised Cora to get a good breed of chickens in Chapter 2: "Cora"?

3. Who comes to inform those at the Bundren home that the bridge has gone out in Chapter 20: "Tull"?

4. What does Cash complain that the coffin will not do in Chapter 22: "Cash"?

5. Who says "I mislike undecision as much as ere a man" in Chapter 5: "Darl"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What sentence comprises Chapter 19: “Vardaman”? What is the meaning behind this chapter?

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

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

5. Who is Lafe and what is his role in the novel?

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

7. What conversation are Vernon Tull and Anse Bundren engaged in, in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Tull”?

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

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

10. What is indicated by Kate Tull’s concern about the cakes that don’t sell in Chapter 2: “Cora”?

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