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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. Why can Charles not take the car?

2. Where does Aleck Sander eat his breakfast?

3. Who does Lucas order to pick the money up from the floor?

4. What county is Montgomery from?

5. What does Lucas lay on the bare cots?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way in chapter five does Uncle Gavin take control of the situation?

2. How does Charles still know that he still owes Lucas a debt?

3. Describe the painting in Lucas's cabin.

4. Do you think Will Legate is a good choice to guard Lucas at such a dangerous time?

5. Why does Miss Habersham help Lucas out?

6. Why does Lucas want Charles to dig up Gowrie's body?

7. In what way does chapter five show the importance of women in southern American life?

8. Why do you think Charles does not argue with Lucas when he pulls him from the water, even though he wants to?

9. Why do you think Lucas does not discourage Gavin from giving him a version of his own story?

10. Why is Lucas not popular with white people in the town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

William Faulkner is a American writer responsible for some of the greatest American novels of the 20th century. Examine Faulkner's life. What kind of upbringing did he have? What kind of education? What were the major themes of his work?Why do you think Faulkner's novels were so relevant in the mid twentieth century and continue to be relevant today?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story and Faulkner? How does Faulkner use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Using two examples to support your argument, discuss the following statement. The aggressive and sometimes confused attitude the white characters show towards Lucas is a response to his own proud attitude.

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