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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Anse continually wonders why he did not think to do what in Chapter 52: “Darl”?
(a) To call ahead and have the grave dug.
(b) To prepare a will for his wife.
(c) To get divorced from his wife.
(d) To disinherit his sons.

2. Whose barn are the Bundrens preparing to spend the night at in Chapter 48: “Darl”?
(a) The Samsons' barn.
(b) The Russels' barn.
(c) The Gillespies' barn.
(d) The Tulls' barn.

3. Who analyzes the bridge situation methodically in Chapter 34: “Darl”?
(a) Cash.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Darl.
(d) Anse.

4. Who is Armstid's wife?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Anna.
(c) Lula.
(d) Cora.

5. What follows the Bundrens’ wagon as they travel in Chapter 44: “Vardaman”?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Cats.
(d) Buzzards.

6. Who does Vardaman find on Addie’s coffin, crying, in Chapter 51: “Vardaman”?
(a) Darl.
(b) Anse.
(c) Cora.
(d) Dewey Dell.

7. Who saves Addie’s coffin from the fire in Chapter 50: “Darl”?
(a) Gillespie.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Anse.
(d) Darl.

8. What does Cash ask about whether it is safe when he is tended to on the riverbank in Chapter 37: “Darl”?
(a) The wagon.
(b) His tools.
(c) The mules.
(d) The coffin.

9. Darl claims in Chapter 57: “Darl” that a nickel has a woman on one side and what on the other?
(a) A salmon.
(b) A quarter.
(c) A buffalo.
(d) A dime.

10. While the family is at Peabody’s, Anse says he is going where in Chapter 59: “Cash”?
(a) To the bakery.
(b) To the funeral home.
(c) To the barber.
(d) To the chapel.

11. MacGowan says all the doctors in town are gone where to a Barbers’ Convention in Chapter 55: “MacGowan”?
(a) Tulsa.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Atlanta.

12. Who comes up with a plan that compromises the other two plans in Chapter 34: “Darl”?
(a) Darl.
(b) Dewey Dell.
(c) Anse.
(d) Cora.

13. Vardaman thinks about how Darl was taken on a train where in Chapter 56: “Vardaman”?
(a) To Jackson.
(b) To Little Rock.
(c) To Memphis.
(d) To New Orleans.

14. What word from Chapter 27: "Darl" means tending to induce sleep?
(a) Soporific.
(b) Collorary.
(c) Anthromorphic.
(d) Elucitive.

15. Whose money does Dewey Dell say the $10 was in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell”?
(a) Cora's.
(b) Darl's.
(c) Lafe's.
(d) Addie's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does the sign say that New Hope Church is in Chapter 27: "Darl"?

2. Anse Bundren says in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell” that his own daughter accuses him of being a what?

3. Who tends to Cash Bundren on the riverbank in Chapter 37: “Darl”?

4. How does Dewey Dell imagine herself sitting in the wagon in Chapter 30: “Dewey Dell”?

5. Of the men who accompany Darl on the train in Chapter 57: “Darl,” says they are riding on the state’s money which is referred to as what?

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