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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why is Sartoris able to take the Union regiment prisoner so easily?
(a) The regiment is weak.
(b) He pretends to have a larger regiment.
(c) He lures them away from their camp.
(d) He has more weapons.

4. Drusilla compares the fighting Confederates and Union on the railroad to ______.
(a) Iron knights.
(b) A train wreck.
(c) Dogs and cats.
(d) Mythical gods.

5. How does Colonel Dick compensate Granny?
(a) He gives her more silver and mules.
(b) He hugs her.
(c) He helps her cross the river.
(d) He gives her advise.

6. What is Rosa Miller's relation to Sartoris?
(a) She is his mother-in-law.
(b) She is his employee.
(c) She is his sister.
(d) She is his mother.

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

8. 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.

9. At the beginning of "Raid," where is the Sartoris family forced to live?
(a) In the slave quarters.
(b) In a tent.
(c) In Granny's house.
(d) In an inn.

10. Why can't Sartoris stay with his mother-in-law?
(a) There is a new battle.
(b) The Yankees are looking for him.
(c) She doesn't have food to feed them all.
(d) He can't stand her.

11. The last time Drusilla saw the railroad, she says it was ______.
(a) Being rebuilt.
(b) In tact.
(c) Destroyed.
(d) A battle ground.

12. Where does Loosh sneak off to in the middle of the night?
(a) Vicksburg.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Corinth.
(d) Alabama.

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

14. In "Ambuscade" Bayard believes the front lines are in ______.
(a) New York.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Mississippi.

15. How does Bayard balance his gun?
(a) On his knee.
(b) On a log.
(c) On Ringo's back.
(d) On his arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Granny scold Ringo and Bayard?

2. How many regiments has Colonel Sartoris made?

3. When the Union soldiers arrive at Sartoris' house looking for him, he escapes by pretending to be a deaf _______.

4. What is Drusilla's main goal?

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

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