As I Lay Dying Reading Check through p.82

Which is NOT TRUE about William Faulkner?

• He grew up in Mississippi and made that the setting for almost all his writing

• He writing is associated with the literary tradition of Southern Gothic

• He won the Nobel Prize for Literature

• His novels did not sell successfully until after his death

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which member of the Bundren family is the youngest?

• Anse

• Cash

• Darl

• Vardaman

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is the name of the individual who "picked on down the row" with Dewey Dell?

• Dale

• Lafe

• Anse

• Shane

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Anse insists that burying in Jefferson was Addie's wish, but he is also looking for a chance...

• To sell his mules

• To get new teeth

• To reconnect with his children

• To help his family relax

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which character has a reputation as being "queer" or "strange" among the people of this rural community?

• Dewey Dell

• Cora

• Darl

• Addie

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which character seems to be able to narrate events for which he is not present?

• Cash

• Darl

• Tull

• Anse

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Who repeatedly thinks, “He could do so much for me if he just would”?

• Vardaman

• Cora

• Dewey Dell

• Peabody

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who helps Cash finish building the coffin in the rain?

• Anse

• Vernon Tull

• Dewey Dell

• Jewel

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Vardaman do to the coffin after Addie’s body is nailed inside it?

• pry it open

• saw it in half  

• paint on the wood

• bore holes into it

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Vardaman think his mother is?

• an angel

• a horse

• a cow

• a fish

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3