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As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
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Sections 1–6
Sections 7–12
Sections 13–19
Sections 20–28
Sections 29–33
Sections 34–39
Sections 40–45
Sections 46–52
Sections 53–59
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Addie Bundren
Darl Bundren
Jewel Bundren
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Sections 13–19
Sections 20–28
Sections 29–33
Sections 34–39
Sections 40–45
Sections 46–52
Sections 53–59
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Darl Bundren
Addie Bundren
Jewel Bundren
Anse Bundren
Dewey Dell
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Sections 46-52
Sections 53-59
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1
. In Cora Tull’s opinion, which Bundren son loves his mother the most?
Jewel
Cash
Vardaman
Darl
2
. For whom do Darl and Jewel make a delivery?
Anse
Peabody
Tull
Addie
3
. Who is the father of Dewey Dell’s unborn child?
Vernon Tull
MacGowan
Lafe
Whitfield
4
. How did Cash break his leg the first time?
Falling off a church
Crossing a flooded river
Accidentally hitting it with a hammer
Trying to ride Jewel’s horse
5
. What does Vardaman think his mother is?
A horse
A buzzard
An angel
A fish
6
. What is Cash saving his money to buy?
A new saw
A gramophone
Crutches
A new horse for Jewel
7
. What was Addie’s profession before she was married?
Teacher
Nurse
Cook
Undertaker
8
. From what disability does Anse Bundren suffer?
A game leg
Blindness
A speech defect
A hunchback
9
. Whose barn does Darl burn down?
Samson’s
Gillespie’s
Anse’s
Armstid’s
10
. With what object in a store window is Vardaman obsessed?
A fishing pole
Bananas
A toy train
A drug that claims to bring the dead back to life
11
. With what literary movement is Faulkner most often associated?
Social realism
Modernism
Post-modernism
Romanticism
12
. What is the name of the fictional county in which Faulkner sets a large number of his novels?
Bloom
Kranakapchote
Yoknapatawpha
Jefferson
13
. What is Anse looking forward to buying when the family gets to Jefferson?
A new team of mules
A headstone for Addie
An abortion drug for Dewey Dell
A set of false teeth
14
. Who builds Addie’s coffin?
Anse
Cash
Whitfield
Vardaman
15
. Which Bundren child is not Anse’s?
Jewel
Cash
Darl
Dewey Dell
16
. What is in the capsules that MacGowan prepares for Dewey Dell?
Turpentine
A sleeping potion
Talcum powder
An herb that induces abortion
17
. What is the first thing Jewel saves from the fire?
Cash
Addie’s coffin
The team
The family’s money
18
. What is Whitfield’s occupation?
Farmer
Minister
Shopkeeper
Doctor
19
. Why does Jewel insult a man on the road as the family nears Jefferson?
The man mentions the smell of Addie’s corpse
The man tries to steal Jewel’s horse
The man tries to seduce Dewey Dell
The man is tailgating the Bundrens’ wagon
20
. How does Cash make it to shore after the accident?
Darl rescues him
Jewel rescues him
A horse pulls him to shore
He gets caught in some bushes
21
. Why does Cash’s leg turn black?
His cast is poorly made
He gets burned in the fire
He gets bitten by a snake
He reacts to the medicine Dewey Dell gives him
22
. Why does Vardaman drill holes in his mother’s coffin?
He wants to get her out
He wants to see her
He wants her to be able to breathe
He wants to hurt her
23
. Which of the following does Anse not use to buy a new team?
Money from the sale of Jewel’s horse
Money from his own false teeth fund
Money from Cash’s savings
Money from Darl’s savings
24
. Who helps the Bundrens pull wreckage from the river?
Samson
Tull
Armstid
Gillespie
25
. About whom does Addie say, “He is my cross and he will be my salvation”?
Anse
Jewel
Darl
Whitfield
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