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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. Who did Boon give rides to?

2. What does Boon suggest he and Lucius do to alleviate suspicion?

3. What does Boon have to buy the young lady?

4. How long does Grandfather say it will take until the road will be impassible by an automobile?

5. What does the man say the price is to pull the vehicle from the mud?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the ploughman persuade Boon to pay him more money?

2. Why can Boon not lock the automobile in the garage?

3. What plot elements does this chapter introduce?

4. Describe Boon's character.

5. What does the conversation in Chapter 4 between Boon and Lucius show about both characters?

6. What does the ploughman's extortion of Boon express?

7. What does Lucius learn during the novel?

8. How does beginning of Chapter 5 describe the transition between Mississippi and Tennessee?

9. What themes does Chapter 3 introduce?

10. In what ways can Maury be seen as a positive character?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What difference does dialect make in the novel? Do the students think there are times that dialect does not work? When should a writer use dialect?

Essay Topic 2

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-20th century and continue to be relevant today?

Essay Topic 3

Faulkner is a native of the southern states. Do you think it is better to write about what you know? What does a piece lack when it is written without a deep knowledge of the subject?

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