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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Retreat: Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Philadelphy sobbing when Loosh and Granny confront each other?
(a) Because he doesn't want to leave the farm.
(b) Because Granny is sad.
(c) Because she knows Loosh is wrong.
(d) Because she doesn't like confrontation.

2. Why does Colonel Dick leave Granny's house?
(a) He believes her story.
(b) He feels bad for intruding.
(c) He's tired of looking.
(d) He respects her resolve.

3. When the Union soldiers arrive at Sartoris' house looking for him, he escapes by pretending to be a deaf _______.
(a) Hillbilly.
(b) Child.
(c) Union soldier.
(d) Woman.

4. Why didn't Sartoris let both McCaslin brothers enlist?
(a) They're not serious enough.
(b) There are too many soldiers.
(c) They are loyal to the Union.
(d) They're too old.

5. At the beginning of "Ambuscade," what map is Bayard drawing?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Mason-Dixon line.
(c) Vicksburg.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Sartoris stay with his mother-in-law?

2. While fleeing, why does Granny refuse to sleep in the farmhouse?

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

4. Where do Granny and Bayard end up living?

5. Why isn't Uncle Buck fighting in the army?

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