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

2. What causes Benjy to moan?
(a) Luster hitting him
(b) The golfers saying caddy
(c) Jason's voice
(d) His sore blister

3. Who does Maury use to send notes to his lover?
(a) The children
(b) His brother
(c) Luster
(d) Dilsey

4. Who does Roskus say is a sign of bad luck?
(a) Jason
(b) Quentin
(c) Benjy
(d) Caddy

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Caddy make Benjy cry?

3. In what American state does Faulkner set the novel?

4. Who does Luster give the golf ball to?

5. How many children do Jason and Caroline Compson have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think Luster understands Benjy?

2. Describe the female Quentin's role in the novel.

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

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

5. Why does Benjy's mother change his name from Maury to Benjamin?

6. Why do you think both Caddy and Quentin continuously search for love elsewhere?

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

8. Why do you think Benjy does not describe physical appearance?

9. What does Benjy remember about his brother Quentin?

10. Describe Quentin's role in the novel.

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