Light in August Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Light in August Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who is Christmas meeting on this night?

2. Joe begins to work very hard at the farm and soon Mr. McEachern gives him a new _________.

3. What does Bobbie do that lets Christmas know that she does not want to marry him?

4. Where do Christmas and Brown live?

5. In the morning, Christmas returns to the cabin and dresses in _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the dietician's pink toothpaste symbolize for Christmas?

2. Why does Christmas think that his killing McEachern will make him seem heroic in Bobbie's eyes?

3. The author uses the literary technique of a flashback at this point in the book. What purpose does this serve?

4. Why does Christmas take Mrs. McEachern's hidden money as she watches him do it?

5. Why has Lena left her home in Alabama?

6. Why does the dietician set out to destroy Christmas after the toothpaste incident?

7. Why are the people of Jefferson not sure that Reverend Hightower is interested in them?

8. Why does Christmas lose control when he sees Bobbie with another man?

9. How do the other men at the planing mill learn more about Christmas' background?

10. What drives Lena to keep moving on her quest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Faith is an important theme in the novel. Give examples of faith from the book that exemplify what is expected of people of faith as well as some examples of behavior which is counter to those with supposed religious beliefs. What points is Faulkner trying to make by pointing out the disparity in beliefs and actions?

Essay Topic 2

Racism is a major theme in the book and is Joe Christmas' main source of personal angst. Why does Christmas not just claim to be a white man to make his life easier? Why does he persist in declaring his partial black blood which only creates more problems for him?

Essay Topic 3

Faulkner compares Joe Christmas to Jesus Christ which is a popular literary technique in Faulkner's time. Identify the ways in which Christmas and Christ have similarities. Do you think this is blasphemous? Why or why not?

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