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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 strikes the wagon as it crosses the ford in Chapter 35: “Vardaman”?
(a) A log.
(b) A rock.
(c) Another wagon.
(d) A horse.

2. Anse claims in Chapter 28: "Anse" that there is nowhere in this world that an honest, hardworking man can do what?
(a) Lose money.
(b) Find a wife.
(c) Get a job.
(d) Profit.

3. Cash’s principle concern in Chapter 42: “Darl” is for the safety of what?
(a) His brother.
(b) The coffin.
(c) His father.
(d) His tools.

4. How many people does Samson describe on the wagon in Chapter 29: “Samson”?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. Cash says in Chapter 59: “Cash” that he could have bought a gramophone from whom for $5?
(a) Williams.
(b) Suratt.
(c) Smith.
(d) Mitchum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house do the Bundrens arrive at in Chapter 42: “Darl”?

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. Darl claims in Chapter 57: “Darl” that a nickel has a woman on one side and what on the other?

4. The rope that Jewel holds in Chapter 36: “Tull” is compared with what?

5. While the family is at Peabody’s, Anse says he is going where in Chapter 59: “Cash”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What suggestions are made for crossing the river in Chapter 31: “Tull”? How are the suggestions received?

2. How does Dewey Dell lose her money to Anse Bundren in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell”?

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

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

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

6. What actions does Reverend Whitfield commit in Chapter 41: “Whitfield”? Why?

7. How is the river accident described through Vardaman’s perspective in Chapter 35: “Vardaman”?

8. How are the animals saved from the fire in Chapter 50: “Darl”?

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

10. What is symbolized and foreshadowed when the family passes the sign for New Hope in Chapter 30: “Dewey Dell”?

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