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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Skirmish at Sartoris: Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Louisa letdown by election day?
(a) Not many people voted.
(b) There wasn't enough excitement.
(c) Sartoris won.
(d) There was no wedding.

2. When his father returns home, Bayard observes he has the "smell of ______."
(a) Horses.
(b) Union soldiers.
(c) Violence.
(d) Glory.

3. Why is the family hiding their silver?
(a) They want to appear modest.
(b) The Union is coming.
(c) It's illegal.
(d) Bayard and Ringo play with it too much.

4. What happened at Vicksburg?
(a) Everyone evacuated.
(b) It fell to the Union.
(c) It formed its own nation.
(d) It was overthrown by the Confederates.

5. Drusilla views her new life as _______.
(a) Painful.
(b) Controversial.
(c) Dull.
(d) Interesting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Bayard's mother die?

2. Why do the Sartoris' have reservations about Ab?

3. Drusilla compares the fighting Confederates and Union on the railroad to ______.

4. How does Granny respond to the soldier's accusations about her scheme?

5. What does Bayard see in Ab's eyes when he talks to him?

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