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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 drops off Anse's mules in the end of Chapter 43: “Armstid”?
(a) Mary Snopes.
(b) Paula Wilson.
(c) Eustace Grimm.
(d) Pat Anderson.

2. Vardaman thinks about how Darl was taken on a train where in Chapter 56: “Vardaman”?
(a) To Jackson.
(b) To Memphis.
(c) To New Orleans.
(d) To Little Rock.

3. Who is drug by Jewel’s horse from the water in Chapter 36: “Tull”?
(a) Jewel.
(b) Cash.
(c) Darl.
(d) Vardaman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darl ask Jewel in Chapter 48: “Darl,” angering him?

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

3. What word from Chapter 41: “Whitfield” means having unlimited power?

4. Who analyzes the bridge situation methodically in Chapter 34: “Darl”?

5. Who prepares to take the wagon across the ford as the others walk over the remains of the bridge in Chapter 33: “Tull”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

5. How does Dr. Peabody react to Cash’s injury in Chapter 54: “Peabody”?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Darl discuss in Chapter 57: “Darl”? What is symbolized through this monologue?

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