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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. Where has Anse gone in Chapter 54: “Peabody”?
(a) To the church.
(b) To the bank.
(c) To the barber shop.
(d) To his uncle's house.
2. Vardaman gets up from the pallet to see about what in Chapter 49: “Vardaman”?
(a) The chickens.
(b) The buzzards.
(c) The cows.
(d) The mules.
3. Who suggests taking Cash to Peabody's in Chapter 59: “Cash”?
(a) Cora.
(b) Vardaman.
(c) Jewel.
(d) Dewey Dell.
4. Who drops off Anse's mules in the end of Chapter 43: “Armstid”?
(a) Pat Anderson.
(b) Eustace Grimm.
(c) Paula Wilson.
(d) Mary Snopes.
5. Anse exclaims to Addie that she’s lucky why in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell”?
(a) That she divorced him.
(b) That she had money.
(c) That her parents had died.
(d) That she died.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of Addie’s children does Cora tell Addie is her punishment on earth in Chapter 39: “Cora”?
2. Who is afraid to make the return trip after crossing the remains of the bridge in Chapter 33: “Tull”?
3. Who says that Jewel Bundren bought his horse from “pappy” in Chapter 29: “Samson”?
4. Where does Cash gather willow leaves to clean a mud stain from the wagon in Chapter 27: "Darl"?
5. Cash says in Chapter 59: “Cash” that he could have bought a gramophone from whom for $5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What thoughts occupy Anse Bundren as the family travels in the wagon in Chapter 28: “Anse”?
2. What elements of the story are foreshadowed in Chapter 49: “Vardaman”?
3. How does Dewey Dell lose her money to Anse Bundren in Chapter 58: “Dewey Dell”?
4. How are the animals saved from the fire in Chapter 50: “Darl”?
5. How is Jewel’s arrival described from Darl’s perspective in Chapter 27: “Darl”?
6. What does Darl recall as the reason Jewel had been unable to stay awake when he was 15 years old in Chapter 32: “Darl”?
7. How is the timeline of the Bundren children described in Chapter 40: “Addie”?
8. How is Anse Bundren’s selfishness illustrated in Chapter 43: “Armstid”?
9. What implications do you discern from Anse’s introduction of his children to “Mrs. Bundren” in Chapter 59: “Cash”?
10. What is foreshadowed through Anse’s actions in Chapter 53: “Cash”?
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