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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 time does Jason check his shares?
(a) Ten O'clock
(b) Noon
(c) One O'clock
(d) Three O'clock

2. Whose watch can Quentin hear ticking?
(a) His father's
(b) His Grandfather's
(c) Shreve's
(d) His mother's

3. What does Quentin do when the sheriff arrests him for abducting the Italian child?
(a) Hits the sheriff
(b) Cries
(c) Runs
(d) Laughs

4. Who does Quentin say buys her school books?
(a) Jason
(b) Her grandmother
(c) Her teacher
(d) Her mother

5. What does Quentin tell the jeweler he has forgotten?
(a) His sister
(b) His watch
(c) His glasses
(d) The time

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jason want to send Benjy to an asylum?

2. What does Quentin think about the smell of honey suckle?

3. What does Quentin buy after breakfast?

4. Who does Quentin remember fighting with?

5. Who does Quentin see rowing on the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jason's boss Earl persist with him?

2. What do you think is Jason's opinion on women?

3. In way does Jason show himself to be a racist?

4. Why does Jason want to get rid of Benjy?

5. What tragedies do you think have have shaped Jason's life?

6. How could the reader see Jason as a strong character?

7. In what way is the unlikable Jason a victim of circumstances?

8. In what way does Faulkner suggest Caddy could be a homosexual?

9. What problems does Jason have to deal with at home?

10. Why does Ames say he hit Quentin?

(see the answer keys)

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