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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Hightower does not leave, who threatens him by beating him unconscious in the woods near his home?
2. Mr. McEachern tells Christmas that the name "Christmas" is _________ and the boy will be called McEachern.
3. Who does the dietician approach to exact her revenge on Christmas?
4. Why is Christmas attracted to the waitress?
5. What does Christmas do when he leaves the house?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Christmas wish that McEachern would discover his absence in the house this night and try to stop him?
2. Two men give Lena a ride in their wagon but one of them is especially concerned about what people might say. What misgivings do the men have about the situation?
3. Joe leaves the whorehouse and enters "the street which was to run for fifteen years." What is the significance of this statement?
4. Why does Byron Bunch spend so much time at his job at the planing mill?
5. How do the other men at the planing mill learn more about Christmas' background?
6. Why does the dietician set out to destroy Christmas after the toothpaste incident?
7. Why does Byron regret telling Lena that the man in town named Joe Brown is the man she knows as Lucas Burch?
8. How does Christmas realize that racial prejudice is not as strong in the North as it is in the South?
9. What are the details of the murder as told by Byron in this chapter?
10. Why does Christmas sleep in the stables that night?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Faulkner uses the literary technique of flashback in this novel. Note the flashback instances and describe them briefly. What is the purpose of using this technique? What do they provide the reader? What would the reader not know about this story if the flashbacks were not included?
Essay Topic 2
A major theme in the book is the status and treatment of women in society. Why are women who step outside the boundaries of so-called proper behavior chastised and alienated by the men but accepted by the women? Why are the prominent men in the town especially anxious to get rid of Lena? Why do they not show any compassion for the young woman?
Essay Topic 3
Another literary technique Faulkner uses is to give a voice to the towns of Jefferson and Mottstown. Why does Faulkner do this? How can one voice encompass the opinions and feelings of all the people in a town? What would the reader not know if these voices were not apparent in the story?
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