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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Benjamin's original name?
(a) Maury
(b) Quentin
(c) Jason
(d) Lucifer

2. How old is Benjy on the day Faulkner recites his narrative?
(a) 21
(b) 40
(c) 33
(d) 30

3. What can Benjy smell when he goes out into the cold?
(a) Caddy
(b) The cold
(c) The horses
(d) Love

4. Who does Caddy name her daughter after?
(a) Her favorite writer
(b) A famous painter
(c) The child's father
(d) A dead brother

5. What are the people at the river doing?
(a) Washing clothes
(b) Sun bathing
(c) Bathing
(d) Fishing

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dilsey give Benjy to comfort him?

2. Who does Luster give the golf ball to?

3. Who is the only sibling Caroline can relate to?

4. Where does Benjy's mother threaten to send him if he does not behave?

5. Who is sitting in the swing in present time?

(see the answer key)

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