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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. Who does Benjy take letters to?
(a) Uncle Maury
(b) Caddy
(c) Mrs. Patterson
(d) Quentin

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

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

4. Why does TP have to drive the carriage?
(a) He is the only person who knows how.
(b) Roskus is unwell.
(c) He can control the horses.
(d) If he does not drive it, Benjy will cry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On whom does Jason vent his anger ?

2. For what reason does Quentin get into fights?

3. Where does Dilsey tell Luster to take Benjy?

4. What does Quentin's father sell to send him to Harvard?

5. How does Maury get the money he uses to invest in business?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What can the reader understand about Benjy?

4. Describe Dilsey's role in the novel.

5. Describe Uncle Maury's role in the novel.

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

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

8. What is Quentin's relationship with his sister Caddy?

9. Summarize the novel.

10. What does Benjy remember about his brother Quentin?

(see the answer keys)

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