View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does the group reach Hell Creek?

2. What city do the men start to drive toward after the bridge?

3. Who does Boon ask to travel with him?

4. Whose staff did Boon join at the hunting camp?

5. What kind of animal did Ned train to run like a horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ned going to win back the automobile?

2. What does Lucius learn about Binford?

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

4. Why did Grandfather purchase an automobile?

5. Summarize the novel.

6. What are the elements of virtue and non-virtue that are shown in this chapter?

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

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

9. What plot elements does this chapter introduce?

10. Why does Ned feel so at ease with the prostitutes?

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

Foreshadowing plays a big part in the novel. What is foreshadowing? How does Faulkner use foreshadowing in the novel? What affect does it have on the novel's meaning?

Essay Topic 3

The Reivers is written in three parts. Examine the structure of the novel.

1) In what way does the first few chapters show the importance of a child's upbringing.

2) What themes are developed in the middle part of the novel?

3) Why do you think Grandfather stops Lucius' father from beating him at the end of the novel?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 838 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample