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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is sitting with Pa on the back porch in Chapter 3: "Darl"?
(a) Cash.
(b) Tull.
(c) Darl.
(d) Samson.

2. Darl says in Chapter 3: "Darl," "When I was a boy I first learned how much better water tastes when it has set for a while in" what (9)?
(a) "An oak barrel."
(b) "A coffee pot."
(c) "A cedar bucket."
(d) "A copper tin."

3. Who repeatedly spits into the dust in Chapter 5: "Darl"?
(a) Tull.
(b) Darl.
(c) Anse.
(d) Samson.

4. Who blames Ma's decline on the sound of her coffin being built in Chapter 5: "Darl"?
(a) Darl.
(b) Cash.
(c) Samson.
(d) Jewel.

5. Who does the narrator describe picking into the secret shade with in Chapter 7: "Dewey Dell"?
(a) Paul.
(b) Jack.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Lafe.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does Cora say she's been coming to stay with Addie almost every day in Chapter 6: "Cora"?

2. How does Darl say that Peabody has "pussel-gutted himself" (13) in Chapter 10: "Darl"?

3. Who is Tull talking to in Chapter 8: "Tull"?

4. How many miles does Cora say the Bundrens are carting Addie to bury her in Chapter 6: "Cora"?

5. Who is Cora married to?

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