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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on fire in the beginning of Chapter 50: “Darl”?

2. What does Vardaman hope to see as he and Dewey Dell walk through Jefferson at night in Chapter 56: “Vardaman”?

3. Who is drug by Jewel’s horse from the water in Chapter 36: “Tull”?

4. Who comes up with a plan that compromises the other two plans in Chapter 34: “Darl”?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 is significant about Cash Bundren’s mindset and concerns after the accident in Chapter 37: “Darl”?

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

6. What is indicated by Darl’s question to Jewel in Chapter 48: “Darl”? How does Jewel respond?

7. How is Cash’s condition described in Chapter 42: “Darl”? Where is the Bundren family going in this chapter?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of family in the novel. How do the Bundren family members feel about one another? What is the “glue” that holds the family together? How do the family relationships change in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 2

How are each of the characters in the novel illustrated through the language that they use? How does the style of language differ among the narrators? How is the dialogue different from the direct narration?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the characters of Tull and Cora in the novel. What are Tull and Cora's relationship to the Bundrens? In what ways do the Tulls assist the Bundrens when Addie becomes ill?

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