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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 does Vardaman find on Addie’s coffin, crying, in Chapter 51: “Vardaman”?
(a) Darl.
(b) Cora.
(c) Dewey Dell.
(d) Anse.
2. Who tends to Cash Bundren on the riverbank in Chapter 37: “Darl”?
(a) Dewey Dell.
(b) Vardaman.
(c) Cora.
(d) Darl.
3. 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.
4. Who does Vardaman describe waking up the hill with him in Chapter 47: “Vardaman”?
(a) Jewel, Cash, and Dewey Dell.
(b) Darl, Anse, and Addie.
(c) Tull, Cora, and Cash.
(d) Darl, Jewel, and Dewey Dell.
5. Cash says in Chapter 59: “Cash” that he could have bought a gramophone from whom for $5?
(a) Smith.
(b) Mitchum.
(c) Williams.
(d) Suratt.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where has Anse gone in Chapter 54: “Peabody”?
2. Who walks across the remains of the bridge as the others prepare to take the wagon across the ford in Chapter 33: “Tull”?
3. Vardaman says that Jewel does not have what anymore in Chapter 47: “Vardaman”?
4. What is used to break the cast off Cash’s leg in Chapter 51: “Vardaman”?
5. Who is afraid to make the return trip after crossing the remains of the bridge in Chapter 33: “Tull”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about Cash Bundren’s mindset and concerns after the accident in Chapter 37: “Darl”?
2. What is foreshadowed through Cora and Addie’s conversation in Chapter 39: “Cora”?
3. What conflict almost arises in Chapter 52: “Darl”? Why?
4. What are Vernon Tull’s impressions as they cross the river in Chapter 33: “Tull”?
5. What elements of the story are foreshadowed in Chapter 49: “Vardaman”?
6. How is Cash’s condition described in Chapter 42: “Darl”? Where is the Bundren family going in this chapter?
7. What is Samson’s opinion of Anse Bundren in Chapter 29: “Samson”? What does Samson offer the family?
8. What does Darl discuss in Chapter 57: “Darl”? What is symbolized through this monologue?
9. What is indicated by Darl’s question to Jewel in Chapter 48: “Darl”? How does Jewel respond?
10. What does Vardaman think about the setting and situation in Chapter 56: “Vardaman”?
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