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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to the door at the drug store when Dewey Dell knocks in Chapter 56: “Vardaman”?
(a) MacGowan.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Tull.
(d) Anderson.

2. Who does Armstid say had told him that the levee through Haley bottom had done gone for two miles in Chapter 43: “Armstid”?
(a) Peabody.
(b) Snopes.
(c) Quick.
(d) Littlejohn.

3. What is used to break the cast off Cash’s leg in Chapter 51: “Vardaman”?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A rock.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A rake.

4. What does Anse anticipate getting at the end of his journey in Chapter 28: “Anse”?
(a) A new suit.
(b) A new wife.
(c) A gramophone.
(d) New teeth.

5. Who says that Jewel Bundren bought his horse from “pappy” in Chapter 29: “Samson”?
(a) Quick.
(b) Samson.
(c) Tull.
(d) Cash.

6. Who does Armstid say has three to four horses in Chapter 43: “Armstid”?
(a) Tull.
(b) Peabody.
(c) Snopes.
(d) Quick.

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

8. Samson claims in Chapter 29: “Samson” that he does not believe there is a bridge between them and where?
(a) The border of Tennessee.
(b) The Mouth of the Mississippi.
(c) The border of Arkansas.
(d) The Mouth of Ishatawa.

9. Who gets angry and insults the black men in Chapter 52: “Darl”?
(a) Darl.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Dewey Dell.
(d) Anse.

10. Which of Addie’s children does Cora tell Addie is her punishment on earth in Chapter 39: “Cora”?
(a) Dewey Dell.
(b) Samson.
(c) Darl.
(d) Jewel.

11. How does Dewey Dell imagine herself sitting in the wagon in Chapter 30: “Dewey Dell”?
(a) Naked.
(b) Married.
(c) Dead.
(d) Employed.

12. Cash’s principle concern in Chapter 42: “Darl” is for the safety of what?
(a) The coffin.
(b) His father.
(c) His tools.
(d) His brother.

13. Where is Addie’s coffin carried and placed in the beginning of Chapter 51: “Vardaman”?
(a) Next to the church.
(b) Under a willow tree.
(c) Under an apple tree.
(d) Under an oak tree.

14. Where has Anse gone in Chapter 54: “Peabody”?
(a) To the barber shop.
(b) To the bank.
(c) To the church.
(d) To his uncle's house.

15. What does Darl describe Cash turning to watch from the wagon in Chapter 27: "Darl"?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Owls.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Clouds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the Bundren children is Reverend Whitfield the father to?

2. Why does the family perceive that Cash is safe in Chapter 37: “Darl”?

3. Tull describes Anse as looking like what dressed up in Chapter 31: “Tull"?

4. Cash says in Chapter 59: “Cash” that he could have bought a gramophone from whom for $5?

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

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