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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many parts is the novel divided into?
(a) Eight
(b) Five
(c) Two
(d) Four

3. What is the family's surname?
(a) Colby
(b) Ewing
(c) Compson
(d) Dallas

4. Who is Quentin's favorite sibling?
(a) Caddy
(b) Benjy
(c) Jason
(d) Dilsey

5. Why does Quentin commit suicide?
(a) He cannot cope with his father's death.
(b) He fails his course.
(c) He cannot accept that he is a homosexual.
(d) He cannot accept his sister's shame.

6. How old is Benjamin when his mother changes his name?
(a) Two
(b) Eight
(c) Five
(d) Three

7. Who did Quentin have a fight with in a barn?
(a) Roskus
(b) Benjy
(c) TP
(d) Jason

8. How does Caddy make Benjy cry?
(a) She puts his head under the water.
(b) She hits him.
(c) She calls him names.
(d) She says she is running away.

9. Who is Benjy's favorite sibling?
(a) Caddy
(b) Luster
(c) Jason
(d) Quentin

10. Where is Jason employed?
(a) A gas station
(b) A local store
(c) The town bank
(d) A construction site

11. What does Caroline wish for the sake of her husband and children?
(a) That she was not bedridden
(b) That she was a stronger children
(c) That she had more money
(d) That she knew how to cook

12. Who is credited with looking after the children?
(a) Caddy
(b) Benjy
(c) Caroline
(d) Dilsey

13. How does Maury get the money he uses to invest in business?
(a) He borrows it.
(b) He cons it out of people.
(c) He pawns family heirlooms.
(d) He steals it.

14. Where does Benjy's mother threaten to send him if he does not behave?
(a) The asylum
(b) Jail
(c) Hell
(d) The kitchen

15. What does the man in the red tie offer Benjy?
(a) A cigarette
(b) An apple
(c) A match
(d) An orange

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benjy clasp in his hand in the carriage?

2. Why does Dilsey place a piece of wood between Luster and Benjy at night?

3. Where does Benjy wait for Caddy to return home from school?

4. How much money does Uncle Maury want from his sister?

5. Who does Maury use to send notes to his lover?

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