The Unvanquished: The Corrected Text | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Ambuscade: Chapters 1-4

1. At the beginning of "Ambuscade," what map is Bayard drawing?

Vicksburg.

2. In "Ambuscade" Bayard believes the front lines are in ______.

Tennessee.

3. While playing Civil War, who does Ringo want to play?

The Confederate General.

4. How many regiments has Colonel Sartoris made?

Two.

5. How do members of regiments expel their colonel?

They vote.

6. Which regiment was Sartoris voted out of?

His first.

7. When his father returns home, Bayard observes he has the "smell of ______."

Glory.

8. Why does Sartoris return home at the beginning of "The Unvanquished"?

To oversee the livestock pen.

9. How does Bayard feel about taking orders from this father?

Thrilled.

10. While working, Bayard pretends to be who?

One of his father's soldiers.

11. What is Rosa Miller's relation to Sartoris?

She is his mother-in-law.

12. How did Bayard's mother die?

In...
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