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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 the boy who walks up with a fish in Chapter 8: "Tull"?
(a) Vardaman.
(b) Jack.
(c) Samson.
(d) Darl.

2. What literary device is employed in the following sentence from Chapter 8: "Tull"? "His eyes look like pieces of burnt-out cinder fixed in his face, looking out over the land" (11).
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

3. How many miles does Cora say the Bundrens are carting Addie to bury her in Chapter 6: "Cora"?
(a) 60 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 40 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

4. Who does Cora describe interrupting Darl as he stared at his dying mother in Chapter 6: "Cora"?
(a) Jewel.
(b) Vardaman.
(c) Tull.
(d) Dewey Dell.

5. Whose wagon stands beside the spring in Chapter 1: "Darl"?
(a) Peabody's wagon.
(b) Anse's wagon.
(c) Cash's wagon.
(d) Tull's wagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Cora from?

2. Who advised Cora to get a good breed of chickens in Chapter 2: "Cora"?

3. What caused Pa to be laid up sick, according to Jewel in Chapter 4: "Jewel"?

4. What does Cora say "will break up a hen-house quicker than anything," in Chapter 2: "Cora" (5)?

5. Why does Darl insinuate that Dewey Dell wants Addie to die in Chapter 10: "Darl"?

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