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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. While the family is at Peabody’s, Anse says he is going where in Chapter 59: “Cash”?
(a) To the bakery.
(b) To the barber.
(c) To the funeral home.
(d) To the chapel.

2. Tull describes Anse as looking like what dressed up in Chapter 31: “Tull"?
(a) An uncurried horse.
(b) An old man.
(c) A scarecrow.
(d) A weathered goat.

3. Who walks across the remains of the bridge as the others prepare to take the wagon across the ford in Chapter 33: “Tull”?
(a) Cash and Darl.
(b) Cash, Darl, and Jewel.
(c) Tull, Anse, Dewey Dell, and Vardaman.
(d) Jewel, Cash, and Dewey Dell.

4. Who does Vardaman describe waking up the hill with him in Chapter 47: “Vardaman”?
(a) Tull, Cora, and Cash.
(b) Darl, Jewel, and Dewey Dell.
(c) Darl, Anse, and Addie.
(d) Jewel, Cash, and Dewey Dell.

5. What follows the Bundrens’ wagon as they travel in Chapter 44: “Vardaman”?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Buzzards.
(c) Cats.
(d) Chickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the Bundren children is Reverend Whitfield the father to?

2. Who saves Addie’s coffin from the fire in Chapter 50: “Darl”?

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

4. Which of Addie’s children does Cora tell Addie is her punishment on earth in Chapter 39: “Cora”?

5. Cash’s principle concern in Chapter 42: “Darl” is for the safety of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Anse Bundren’s selfishness illustrated in Chapter 43: “Armstid”?

2. What symbolism can be seen in Jewel Bundren’s actions in Chapter 36: “Tull”?

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

4. What are Vernon Tull’s impressions as they cross the river in Chapter 33: “Tull”?

5. What conflict almost arises in Chapter 52: “Darl”? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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