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

2. Who does Luster give the golf ball to?
(a) The golfer
(b) Quentin
(c) Benjy
(d) Dilsey

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

4. Who does Mrs. Compson worry about leaving in the house?
(a) Jason
(b) Benjy
(c) Caddy
(d) Quentin

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Benjy sense that something has changed about Caddy?

2. Who did Quentin have a fight with in a barn?

3. What is the family's surname?

4. Where is Jason employed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a tale of such hopelessness maintain such power?

2. Why do you think Benjy wants his sister back so much?

3. Why is Benjy's section so hard to understand?

4. Do you think Caddy spoiled Benjy too much?

5. Describe Jason Compton's role in the novel.

6. Describe Benjamin Compson's role in the novel.

7. How do you think outsiders see Benjamin?

8. Describe the two parents of the Compson family.

9. In what way can Benjy understand things better than most people?

10. Describe Dilsey's role in the novel.

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