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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 is on fire in the beginning of Chapter 50: “Darl”?
(a) The Andersons' house.
(b) The Peabodys' barn.
(c) The Gillespies' barn.
(d) The Bundren home.

2. Why does the family perceive that Cash is safe in Chapter 37: “Darl”?
(a) Because he only sprained a wrist.
(b) Because it is the same leg that was previously broken.
(c) Because he no longer owes everyone money.
(d) Because he is overcoming his dehydration.

3. What does Darl describe Cash turning to watch from the wagon in Chapter 27: "Darl"?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Owls.
(d) Flowers.

4. Samson claims in Chapter 29: “Samson” that he does not believe there is a bridge between them and where?
(a) The border of Arkansas.
(b) The Mouth of the Mississippi.
(c) The border of Tennessee.
(d) The Mouth of Ishatawa.

5. Who does Armstid say has three to four horses in Chapter 43: “Armstid”?
(a) Snopes.
(b) Tull.
(c) Quick.
(d) Peabody.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anse Bundren says in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell” that his own daughter accuses him of being a what?

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

3. MacGowan says to send Dewey Dell to see whom upstairs in Chapter 55: “MacGowan”?

4. Who comes to the door at the drug store when Dewey Dell knocks in Chapter 56: “Vardaman”?

5. Whose money does Dewey Dell say the $10 was in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Dewey Dell Bundren and MacGowan in Chapter 55: “MacGowan”?

2. What implications do you discern from Anse’s introduction of his children to “Mrs. Bundren” in Chapter 59: “Cash”?

3. What does Vardaman think about the setting and situation in Chapter 56: “Vardaman”?

4. How does Cash react to his pain and injuries in Chapter 44: “Vardaman”? Where does the family stop for medicine?

5. How do Jewel and Cash Bundren differ in their approach to the problem in Chapter 34: “Darl”?

6. What is Samson’s opinion of Anse Bundren in Chapter 29: “Samson”? What does Samson offer the family?

7. How is Jewel’s arrival described from Darl’s perspective in Chapter 27: “Darl”?

8. How do the Bundrens make a cast for Cash in Chapter 46: “Darl”? What does this foreshadow?

9. What is foreshadowed through Cora and Addie’s conversation in Chapter 39: “Cora”?

10. What does Darl recall as the reason Jewel had been unable to stay awake when he was 15 years old in Chapter 32: “Darl”?

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