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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. Anse Bundren says in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell” that his own daughter accuses him of being a what?
(a) Thief.
(b) Lecher.
(c) Murderer.
(d) Dog.

2. Armstid says in Chapter 43: “Armstid” that Jewel Bundren went to get Dr. Peabody but he was gone to Inverness, so who came back with Jewel?
(a) Uncle Billy.
(b) Snopes.
(c) Tull.
(d) Quick.

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

4. Who does Vardaman find on Addie’s coffin, crying, in Chapter 51: “Vardaman”?
(a) Darl.
(b) Anse.
(c) Dewey Dell.
(d) Cora.

5. Who saves Addie’s coffin from the fire in Chapter 50: “Darl”?
(a) Gillespie.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Anse.
(d) Darl.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Addie tell Anse she has family in Chapter 40: “Addie”?

3. Vardaman says that Jewel does not have what anymore in Chapter 47: “Vardaman”?

4. Who goes to the Bundren's wagon to tell them about the bridge in Chapter 29: “Samson”?

5. Vardaman thinks about how Darl was taken on a train where in Chapter 56: “Vardaman”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What elements of the story are foreshadowed in Chapter 49: “Vardaman”?

3. What thoughts occupy Anse Bundren as the family travels in the wagon in Chapter 28: “Anse”?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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