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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Bayard and Ringo hear Ab has gone?
(a) Vicksburg.
(b) Montana.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Tennessee.

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

3. What first begins to concern Bayard about Ab's genuineness?
(a) Granny has less money than Ab says.
(b) Many of Ab's friends are known criminals.
(c) There is something suspicious about the way Ab looks at him.
(d) He sees Ab sneaking off at night.

4. While camping, a _______ stranger arrives.
(a) Female.
(b) Well-dressed.
(c) Union.
(d) Familiar looking.

5. Why is the stranger willing to give up Grumby?
(a) Because they are wanted men.
(b) Because Grumby is a terrible travel partner.
(c) Because Grumby betrayed him.
(d) Because Bayard offers him money.

6. What does the gossip about Drusilla develop to?
(a) Everyone thinks she's a hero.
(b) Everyone thinks she's married.
(c) Everyone thinks she's pregnant.
(d) Everyone thinks she's a traitor.

7. How does Mrs. Compson know Louisa?
(a) She is from the same town.
(b) She is her sister.
(c) She was Drusilla's nanny.
(d) She's a friend of Granny.

8. Why doesn't Bayard kill Ab?
(a) Killing would be too generous.
(b) He wants him to go to jail instead.
(c) Ab is unarmed.
(d) He doesn't have a gun.

9. The Methodist preacher in town used to be a _______.
(a) Farmer for the Sartoris family.
(b) Confederate private.
(c) Catholic priest.
(d) Union soldier.

10. Where do Bayard, Ringo and Buck decide to search for Ab and Grumby?
(a) By the creek.
(b) Further south.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Jackson.

11. Bayard becomes concerned about his father's ______ visits to town.
(a) Midnight.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) Extended.
(d) Infrequent.

12. When Granny leaves, Bayard ______ himself for letting Granny go to see Grumby alone.
(a) Berates.
(b) Doubts.
(c) Questions.
(d) Congratulates.

13. What is Grumby's group called?
(a) The Night Riders.
(b) The Independents.
(c) The Renegades.
(d) The Anarchists.

14. How is Ab when Bayard, Ringo and Buck find him?
(a) He is very ill.
(b) He's cold, wet and lost.
(c) He's tied to a tree.
(d) He's well fed and well dressed.

15. Drusilla complains: "I went to war to hunt Yankees, not hunting ______."
(a) Deer.
(b) Women.
(c) Confederates.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Reposte in Tertio" takes place ______ after the conclusion of "Raid."

2. Why did the stranger kill the black man for the boys to find?

3. Where does the stranger shoot Buck?

4. What is Louisa's final task in setting Drusilla right?

5. What does Bayard do with Grumby's body?

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