1: What artistic talent does Miss Emily possess in “A Rose for Emily”?
a. Still-life painting
b. Embroidery
c. China painting
d. Pottery
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2: Who is considered to be “a Northerner, a day laborer”?
a. Mr. Grierson
b. Colonel Sartoris
c. Baron Homer
d. Homer Barron
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3: Why does Miss Emily buy the arsenic?
a. To poison Homer Barron
b. To poison Mr. Grierson
c. To poison herself
d. As medication
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4: “That Evening Sun” provides an introduction to which Faulkner novel?
a. Call of the Wild
b. Absalom, Absalom!
c. As I Lay Dying
d. The Sound and the Fury
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5: Why does Nancy want the children to stay with her?
a. She prefers the company of children rather than her husband.
b. She’s afraid her husband will kill her.
c. She agrees to watch them for their parents.
d. She’s afraid she’ll kill herself if she’s left alone.
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6: Who says the following, “Who will do our washing now, Father?”
a. Jason
b. Jesus
c. Caddy
d. Quentin
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7: What is the major theme of “Barn Burning”?
a. The conflict between loyalty to one’s family and the desire for a better life
b. The conflict between loyalty to one’s friends and loyalty to one’s family
c. The conflict between loyalty to one’s family and loyalty to honor and justice
d. The conflict between the desire for fame and fortune and loyalty to honor and justice
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8: Who says the following, and to whom, “You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain’t going to have any blood to stick to you”?
a. Abner, to Sarty
b. Abner, to Mr. Harris
c. Sarty, to Abner
d. Sarty’s mother, to Sarty
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9: What event causes Sarty to yell “Pap! Pap!” at the end of the story?
a. He hears three gunshots and knows his father is dead.
b. He sees his father setting fire to de Spain’s barn and tries to stop him.
c. His father is convicted of barn burning and is taken to jail.
d. His father abuses his mother for opposing his plans to burn down de Spain’s barn.
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10: What crime is Will Mayes accused of in “Dry September”?
a. The murder of Henry Hawkshaw
b. The murder of John McLendon
c. The rape of Miss Minnie Caldwell
d. The rape of Miss Minnie Cooper
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11: What is the real reason for Miss Minnie reporting the attack on her?
a. She has fallen in love with Will Mayes, but he does not feel the same way about her.
b. She is frustrated that the men of the town do not find her attractive anymore.
c. She wants to make John McLendon jealous.
d. She was really attacked and is telling the truth.
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12: Which event does this quote follow: “The dust swallowed them; the glare and the sound died away”?
a. The death of John McLendon
b. The report of Miss Minnie’s rape
c. The death of Will Mayes
d. The capture of Will Mayes
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13: What is the key ingredient to Old Southwest humor?
a. Incongruity
b. Exaggeration
c. Irony
d. Sarcasm
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14: Who is described as “one of these here kind of big, soft-looking gals that could giggle richer than plowed new-ground”?
a. Mrs. Littlejohn
b. Mrs. Armstid
c. Eula Varner
d. Minnie Cooper
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15: What does Flem give Mrs. Armstid at the end of “Spotted Horses”?
a. A small sack of candy
b. The money that he owes her for the horse
c. The piece of wood he’d been whittling
d. Another horse for her to take back to Henry
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