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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. What does Quentin try to persuade Caddy not to do?
(a) Have her child
(b) Leave America
(c) Love him
(d) Marry Herbert

2. Why does Jason want to punish Caddy?
(a) For lumbering him with Quentin
(b) For not giving him enough money
(c) For losing him his banking job
(d) For bringing shame on the family

3. What time does Jason check his shares?
(a) Ten O'clock
(b) Noon
(c) Three O'clock
(d) One O'clock

4. What is the name of Jason's boss?
(a) Bobby
(b) Pete
(c) Earl
(d) Davis

5. How much does Caddy offer Jason to get Quentin back?
(a) $3000
(b) $500
(c) $1000
(d) $800

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quentin buy the child at the bakery?

2. What is "to go for a swim at night without knowing how to swim," a reference to?

3. What does Jason tell the telegraph operator to do with his telegraph?

4. What does Quentin do when the sheriff arrests him for abducting the Italian child?

5. What does Quentin buy after breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Quentin's character.

2. How does Quentin react when he is accused of kidnapping the the Italian girl?

3. How could the reader see Jason as a strong character?

4. In way does Jason show himself to be a racist?

5. In what way is Quentin's behavior towards his sister inappropriate?

6. Why does Jason's boss Earl persist with him?

7. Why do you think this chapter helps in understanding the story and characters better?

8. Why is it significant that Quentin drowns himself with flat irons?

9. In what way does Quentin show his obsession with time?

10. Do think Quentin shares either of his parents characteristics?

(see the answer keys)

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