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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has Luster lost at the beginning of the first chapter?
(a) His shoe
(b) His watch
(c) A quarter
(d) His pants

3. What does Roskus tell TP he is losing?
(a) His children
(b) The use of his right hand
(c) His eye sight
(d) His good looks

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

5. Why does Benjy cry in the carriage?
(a) The road is bumpy.
(b) He is wants to pee.
(c) Luster is driving the wrong way.
(d) He has lost his shoe.

6. What does Luster find in the water?
(a) A dead fish
(b) A human hand
(c) A golf club
(d) A golf ball

7. What does the banker do when he finds out Caddy's child is not his?
(a) Adopts the child
(b) Shoots her
(c) Agrees never to say anything
(d) Divorces her

8. What does Caddy tell Benjy she will never do?
(a) Beat him
(b) Love him
(c) Leave him
(d) Tease him

9. Why does Caroline change Benjamin's name?
(a) She thinks it sounds better.
(b) The children tease him.
(c) She thinks it will cure him.
(d) She changes his name hide his real identity.

10. Who does Quentin runaway with?
(a) A man from a traveling circus
(b) Her mother
(c) The local sherriff
(d) Benjy

11. Who drives the carriage in the final scene?
(a) Dilsey
(b) Quentin
(c) Luster
(d) Jason

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

13. What does Benjy clasp in his hand in the carriage?
(a) A broken flower
(b) His mother's hair
(c) A mouse
(d) A picture of Caddy

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

15. What color tie is Quentin's companion wearing?
(a) Yellow
(b) Red
(c) Brown
(d) White

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many parts is the novel divided into?

3. Why does the store owner employ Jason?

4. What does the wealthy banker promise to do for Jason?

5. Why does Versh tell Caddy her mother will whip her?

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