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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Belle doing when Benbow returns home?
(a) Reading.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Napping.

2. Which of the following has Narcissa NOT managed to save during the story?
(a) Temple.
(b) Her reputation.
(c) Benbow's marriage.
(d) Benbow's career.

3. What will probably happen to Goodwin?
(a) He will be found not guilty.
(b) He will hang.
(c) He will get 20 years in prison.
(d) He will get life in prison.

4. What is Eustace Graham's distinguishing physical characteristic?
(a) He is an albino.
(b) A club foot.
(c) A harelip.
(d) A cauliflower ear.

5. What was Popeye's physical status as a child?
(a) Dwarf size.
(b) Very tall.
(c) Underdeveloped.
(d) Obese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main piece of evidence in Goodwin's trial?

2. What is Benbow's interest in taking Goodwin's case?

3. What are Temple and her father doing at the end of the novel?

4. Benbow asks Temple about where ____________ is.

5. Who is the doctor who services the whorehouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Goodwin's ultimate fate?

2. What is Narcissa's position when she learns that Ruby and her child have been run out of the hotel?

3. What is the nature of Narcissa's visit with Eustace Graham?

4. How does Snopes show his vehement prejudice against Jews?

5. How does Benbow continue to show his compassion for Ruby and Goodwin?

6. How does Temple show that she is shutting herself off from her situation?

7. In what way does Ruby try to save Benbow's reputation?

8. Why does Narcissa continue to insert herself into Benbow's life?

9. How does Faulkner finally indicate who was murdered?

10. How does Benbow meet Senator Snopes and what information does he give Benbow regarding Temple?

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