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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. Where does Lucius say they are staying in Memphis?

2. How much does Boon have to pay the young lady's father?

3. What is Boon to Lucius' family

4. Where does John keep his pistol?

5. With what have the holes in the path been filled?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do they have to make the 23 train in Chapter 3?

2. What is the unspoken agreement between Father and John?

3. How does beginning of Chapter 5 describe the transition between Mississippi and Tennessee?

4. Describe Ballenbaugh's.

5. How does the ploughman persuade Boon to pay him more money?

6. How does Grandfather's purchase of the automobile show him to be a proud man?

7. What is the plan to get the horse on the train?

8. What does Lucius learn about Binford?

9. What lies does Lucius tell in Chapter 3?

10. Why does Ned feel so at ease with the prostitutes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing plays a big part in the novel. What is foreshadowing? How does Faulkner use foreshadowing in the novel? What affect does it have on the novel's meaning?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think Faulkner's books have similar characters, themes, or settings? How has Faulkner's work matured over the years?

Essay Topic 3

The Reivers is written in three parts. Examine the structure of the novel.

1) In what way does the first few chapters show the importance of a child's upbringing.

2) What themes are developed in the middle part of the novel?

3) Why do you think Grandfather stops Lucius' father from beating him at the end of the novel?

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