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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. When does Lightning run faster?

2. What is the name of the boy who meets Boon and Ned in Parsham?

3. Who has joined the women at the hotel?

4. Where does Ned tell Boon to take Corrie back to?

5. What do Sam and Boon use to force the car forward?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Butch.

2. Describe Otis.

3. How does Ned train the horse?

4. In what way does Boon show a lack of understanding for Corrie in Chapter 9?

5. In what way has Sam showed his worth to the group?

6. What does Corrie's character symbolize about women during the early 1900s in southern America?

7. How does Chapter 12 show the effects of sexual desire on an individual?

8. How do the characters get the horse onto the train in Chapter 7?

9. What differences does Chapter 11 show between Butch and the constable?

10. Describe what has happened between Butch, Boon, and Everbe.

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

Why do the students think first person point of view is not necessarily reliable? What moments in the story do the students think are not so reliable and why? How different would the story be from another character's point of view? Would the story have different themes?

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-20th century and continue to be relevant today?

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