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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before bed, with the silver in her room, what does Granny do for the first time ever?
(a) Prays.
(b) Locks her door.
(c) Tells Bayard a story.
(d) Turns her light off.

2. Why do many slaves decide to return to Jefferson with Granny?
(a) They are frightened by the scene at the river.
(b) They will have food and shelter.
(c) They want to steal her silver.
(d) The Colonel orders them to.

3. After Granny returns home, where is the silver?
(a) Buried.
(b) In the farmhouse.
(c) With the Union soldiers.
(d) With the slaves.

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

5. How does Granny gain Colonel Dick's sympathy?
(a) She pretends to be injured.
(b) She tells a story of her starving grandchildren.
(c) She tells him a story about the abusive Confederates.
(d) She tells him the story of her mules being stolen.

6. After the encounter with the slave woman, what does Ringo predict?
(a) They will help her safety.
(b) They will return home.
(c) They will also leave her behind.
(d) They may die.

7. At the beginning of "Retreat," where is the Sartoris family fleeing?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Vicksburg.
(c) Texas.
(d) Alabama.

8. When Ringo and Bayard find Granny back home, what does she have?
(a) Three slaves.
(b) Two new horses.
(c) More silver.
(d) Union prisoners.

9. Why is Ringo not concerned about leaving Granny alone?
(a) He is inconsiderate.
(b) No one wants to hurt her.
(c) He has more important plans.
(d) She can take care of herself.

10. What is Drusilla's main goal?
(a) To free the slaves.
(b) Joining Sartoris' regiment.
(c) To get married.
(d) To own her own land.

11. What was Granny's disturbing dream at the beginning of "Retreat"?
(a) Someone finds their silver.
(b) Someone burns her house.
(c) The Union wins the war.
(d) Someone takes Bayard.

12. As the Union soldiers leave Sartoris' burning house, how does Granny respond?
(a) She curses them.
(b) She shoots at them.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She cries.

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

14. Where do Granny and Bayard end up living?
(a) Joby's cabin.
(b) A make-shift shack.
(c) In the woods.
(d) An abandoned farmhouse.

15. Where does Granny hide Ringo and Bayard?
(a) On the roof.
(b) In the bushes.
(c) Under her skirts.
(d) Under the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bayard observes that although the war is tragic, he has never experiences such ______.

2. What is Drusilla very accomplished in?

3. How do members of regiments expel their colonel?

4. Why do many slaves begin betraying their masters?

5. While working, Bayard pretends to be who?

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