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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 Gavin say lynching Lucas would now amount to?

2. What does Forrest Gowrie manage?

3. Where do the group find Vinson's body?

4. Why did Miss Habersham suggest they leave the horse?

5. What does Uncle Gavin say the crowd did when Charles suggests that they ran?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Sheriff think that Lucas could not of killed Vinson?

2. What is different between the blacks in the north and the black in the south?

3. Why does Gavin think Vinson Gowrie is buried in quicksand?

4. Who does the sheriff think the man is who passed Charles on the road to the cemetery?

5. Why do you think Charles is so struck by Mr. Gowrie's grief?

6. How is the sheriff proven wrong in chapter six?

7. Why is Charles so interested in why the black worker is plowing the field?

8. In chapter six, in what way does Charles' mother show that she is accepting the fact her son is growing up?

9. How does Aleck Sander show his bravery during the trip back from the cemetery?

10. What is Uncle Gavin's take on the civil rights struggle in the South?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Lucas's character. What is Lucas's character background? What is Lucas's motivation? Why do you think Faulkner specifically chose Lucas's character as the black victim?

Essay Topic 2

Faulkner often hints at a divide between the North and South of America. Using one example in the book discuss how Faulkner shows this divide. What do you think caused this divide? Is the divide still there today?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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