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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Before the war, Benbow was ______.
(a) The mayor.
(b) A slave.
(c) A child.
(d) A Republican.
2. What occupies Drusilla's time when she returns home from the war?
(a) Making plans to overthrow the Union.
(b) Cleaning up the town.
(c) Needlepoint and laundry.
(d) Rebuilding Sartoris' house.
3. What does Bayard do with Grumby's body?
(a) Buries it.
(b) Places it on Granny's grave.
(c) Hangs it in the middle of town.
(d) Burns it.
4. What was Granny saving some money from the scheme for?
(a) To hire a hit man.
(b) To bail her cousin out of prison.
(c) To buy her slaves back.
(d) To make a new life after the war.
5. Why does Bayard set Ab free?
(a) He will help Buck get home.
(b) Ab needs medical attention.
(c) He knows Ab won't come back.
(d) Ab promises him money.
6. What is Grumby's group called?
(a) The Night Riders.
(b) The Independents.
(c) The Anarchists.
(d) The Renegades.
7. What makes it clear that Granny doesn't trust Ab?
(a) She never talks to him.
(b) She counts her money several times a day.
(c) She hides her money.
(d) She shivers when he enters the room.
8. When Granny leaves, Bayard ______ himself for letting Granny go to see Grumby alone.
(a) Congratulates.
(b) Doubts.
(c) Questions.
(d) Berates.
9. How much did Sartoris beat Benbow by in the election?
(a) Sartoris won sixty percent of the votes.
(b) Sartoris fixed the election.
(c) He won all the votes.
(d) He beat him by one vote.
10. Why does Bayard kill Grumby?
(a) Grumby spoke ill of Bayard's mother.
(b) Grumby tried to shoot him.
(c) Grumby killed Granny.
(d) Grumby will never stop stealing.
11. Where does Sartoris relocate the voting to?
(a) The next town.
(b) His house.
(c) The post office.
(d) The old slave cabins.
12. How does Buck receive the story of Bayard and Ringo's journey?
(a) He is underwhelmed.
(b) He scolds them.
(c) He is jealous he couldn't be there.
(d) He congratulates them.
13. Why doesn't Bayard kill Ab?
(a) Ab is unarmed.
(b) Killing would be too generous.
(c) He doesn't have a gun.
(d) He wants him to go to jail instead.
14. Why are the women of Jefferson concerned for Drusilla?
(a) They think she's sick.
(b) They think she's having an affair with Sartoris.
(c) They think she's traumatized by the war.
(d) They think she takes too many risks.
15. What was also supposed to happen on election day?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A birthday.
(c) A baby shower.
(d) A wedding.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Mrs. Compson know Louisa?
2. What is special about the paper Ringo acquires for Granny?
3. Why was Louisa letdown by election day?
4. Why do the Sartoris' have reservations about Ab?
5. How forthcoming is Buck to the stranger?
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