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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 does Louise's mother think about Jarrod?

2. What sad event forces Amy out of the house to take up a life of partying?

3. What is Alec Gray punished for NOT doing in the Army?

4. Where does Cousin Melisandre attempt to hide the valuables when the Yankees arrive?

5. Where is the resort where the King family meets Jarrod?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Appalachian family treat the Confederate soldier and his servant in the story "Mountain Victory"?

2. Why does Alec Gray kill his commanding officer?

3. What happens to the traveling soldiers who are trying to escape enemy fire in the story "Crevasse"?

4. How does the American soldier Borgard meet the young English soldier in the story "Turnabout"?

5. How is the sympathy of the Confederate soldier his downfall in the story "Mountain Victory"?

6. Why is Satoris sentenced to serve time with the Camel squadron?

7. How does the lover react to the news that the husband has granted his wife a divorce in the story "Honor"?

8. How do Hubert Jarrod and Louisa King meet in the story "Dr Martino"?

9. How doesd Ira Ewing's mother react to her resettlement in California?

10. On what image does Faulkner end the story "Crevasse"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of decay represented in the story "A Rose for Emily"? Choose two people or objects in this short story and compare/contrast the physical decay these objects undergo throughout the course of the story. Then explain how this decay represents to the theme of love in Emily Grierson's life.

Essay Topic 2

In the story "Beyond," there is a baby covered in scars that is in the afterlife with Judge. First, describe the physicality of the scarred baby. How did he get his scars? Then explain they symbolism of the scarred baby in Judge's life. What lesson is meant to learn from this baby?

Essay Topic 3

The story of Doom becoming Indian chief of his tribe is one full of adultery, murder, dishonesty and racism. Give at least one examples of each of these elements within the story "A Justice." Then explain why you think Faulkner chose to give this story its particular title.

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