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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Quentin buy the child at the bakery?
(a) A doughnut
(b) Dog food
(c) Bread
(d) Eggplant

2. Why does the store owner employ Jason?
(a) He feels sorry for his mother.
(b) He loves his niece.
(c) He brings in extra business.
(d) He is good company.

3. What does Quentin do when the sheriff arrests him for abducting the Italian child?
(a) Runs
(b) Hits the sheriff
(c) Cries
(d) Laughs

4. In what American state does Faulkner set the novel?
(a) Ohio
(b) New York
(c) Indiana
(d) Mississippi

5. Where does Dilsey tell Luster to take Benjy?
(a) School
(b) The supermarket
(c) The church
(d) The library

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man in the red tie offer Benjy?

2. What does Caroline wish for the sake of her husband and children?

3. Which one of the Compson children is the only one who does not have a narrative?

4. What does Luster say to torment Benjy?

5. What is the name of the family's mother?

(see the answer key)

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