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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. Which two characters will walk behind Sam and Boon?

2. What does Ned trade the automobile for?

3. Where does John keep his pistol?

4. Which city does Boon not mention?

5. What does Grandfather accidentally spit out of the car's front window?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the unspoken agreement between Father and John?

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

3. Why is Lucius so horrified that Boon has changed clothes?

4. What does Lucius learn during the novel?

5. What does the Iron Bridge symbolize?

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

7. How does Grandfather's purchase of the automobile show him to be a proud man?

8. What is the plan to get the horse on the train?

9. What does Lucius feel after he has driven the vehicle?

10. Why do they have to make the 23 train in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The Reivers is written in the first person. Why do you think Faulkner chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if it was written in the third person?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the relationship between Lucius and Ned. Do you think they are more friends than master and servant? What does that say about the changing racial attitudes in south at that time? How different do you think their relationship would have changed if they met again today?

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