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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. How much is the reward for the apprehension of Miss Burden's murderer?
2. What does Mrs. Hines reveal to Hightower?
3. Who moves into the cabin with Christmas?
4. Where is Christmas finally able to relax and sleep?
5. What do the townspeople want to do with Christmas?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Hightower so upset that Byron has asked for his help with the situations regarding Lena and Christmas?
2. Why does Byron force an encounter with Brown after Brown flees from Lena in the cabin?
3. Why does Christmas refuse to marry Miss Burden and raise a family?
4. What does Hightower mean when he says the fading afternoon light is audible?
5. Explain the irony in Miss Burden's nearly nymphomaniac behavior?
6. Why does Christmas feel he will be safe at Miss Burden's place?
7. Explain why Christmas' arrival in the town of Mottstown means that he has come full circle in his life.
8. New life has significance in more than one way in this chapter. Explain.
9. As Christmas runs to avoid the law, he stops at a cabin and trades shoes with a Negro woman. What is the significance of the traded shoes?
10. The cries of Lena's newborn child are significant for Byron. Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A major theme in the book is the status and treatment of women in society. Why are women who step outside the boundaries of so-called proper behavior chastised and alienated by the men but accepted by the women? Why are the prominent men in the town especially anxious to get rid of Lena? Why do they not show any compassion for the young woman?
Essay Topic 2
Faulkner opens the novel with the story of Lena and her undeterred faith that she will find the father of her unborn child. What does Lena symbolize in the novel? Why does Faulkner use her character to establish the story?
Essay Topic 3
Christmas has a few dreamlike episodes where he disassociates himself from his actions. Why do you think he does this? Are these situations really just dreams or are they really happening?
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