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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Granny able to return home safely after visiting Colonel Dick?
(a) The other Union troops are afraid of her.
(b) She has Bayard to protect her.
(c) He writes her a letter for protection.
(d) She takes a back road home.

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

3. What is Drusilla very accomplished in?
(a) Needlepoint.
(b) Singing.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Horse riding.

4. Ringo and Bayard have growing ______ to protect their town.
(a) Joy.
(b) Disdain.
(c) Fear.
(d) Conviction.

5. While fleeing, why does Granny refuse to sleep in the farmhouse?
(a) It's too dirty.
(b) She wants to stay with the silver.
(c) She likes the open air.
(d) She doesn't trust the people inside.

6. How did the Union discover the silver?
(a) They have a sixth sense.
(b) They followed Granny home.
(c) Loosh tells them.
(d) Sartoris tells them.

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

8. Faulkner compares the slaves' migration like racing to:
(a) The finish line.
(b) The promised land.
(c) Home.
(d) The gates of heaven.

9. Bayard observes that although the war is tragic, he has never experiences such ______.
(a) Envy.
(b) Joy.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Passion.

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

11. Which Union regiment does Sartoris encounter with Ringo and Bayard?
(a) The one holding Sartoris hostage.
(b) The one who stole their horses.
(c) The one who they shot at.
(d) The ruthless one they heard about.

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

13. What is Drusilla meant to represent?
(a) The changing norm of women.
(b) The ruthlessness of humanity.
(c) The effects of war.
(d) The fight to survive.

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

15. Why were the slave woman and her baby left behind?
(a) They were too noisy.
(b) They were too slow.
(c) They didn't want to leave.
(d) They ate too much food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sartoris see himself as a victim to the Union?

2. Ringo asks Bayard who he thinks Granny dreamed about. Bayard says ______.

3. Why is Ringo not concerned about leaving Granny alone?

4. What does Drusilla tell Granny the Union troops are not letting the slaves do?

5. How did Bayard's mother die?

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