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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has changed since the boys went looking for Grumby and Ab?
(a) Jefferson has been destroyed.
(b) A new war has started.
(c) The war has ended.
(d) Drusilla and John are married.

3. In the scheme, Bayard and Granny are responsible for what?
(a) Writing the letters.
(b) Presenting the letter to the troops.
(c) Taking care of the mules.
(d) Counting the money.

4. Ringo believes: "The war ain't over. It just _____ good.
(a) Got.
(b) Started.
(c) Paused.
(d) Ended.

5. Why does the stranger tell the group to look for Grumby in Alabama?
(a) Grumby has family there.
(b) The man saw him there a month before.
(c) He's trying to help.
(d) To put them off his scent.

6. What makes it clear that Granny doesn't trust Ab?
(a) She never talks to him.
(b) She shivers when he enters the room.
(c) She counts her money several times a day.
(d) She hides her money.

7. Why is Granny hesitant about the last scheme?
(a) She's sold to this troop before.
(b) The regiment is too close to another.
(c) The mules are not healthy.
(d) She's too tired to put up her act.

8. Before the war, Benbow was ______.
(a) A slave.
(b) A Republican.
(c) A child.
(d) The mayor.

9. How does Granny try to ensure not being caught by the Union in her scheme?
(a) She makes herself seem older and ignorant.
(b) She befriends the troops.
(c) She never visits the same camp twice.
(d) She never makes the sales deals.

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

11. What occupies all of Sartoris' time since returning from the war?
(a) Rebuilding his house.
(b) Seeing Drusilla.
(c) Comforting his son.
(d) Finding his lost mules.

12. Why are the Burdens in Jefferson?
(a) To make a profit off the devastation.
(b) To organize former slaves for the Republican Party.
(c) To fix the election.
(d) To keep an eye on Sartoris.

13. "Reposte in Tertio" takes place ______ after the conclusion of "Raid."
(a) One year.
(b) One week
(c) One month.
(d) Two days.

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

15. Where does the stranger shoot Buck?
(a) In the stomach.
(b) In the arm.
(c) In the foot.
(d) In the leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupies Drusilla's time when she returns home from the war?

2. What has Granny been doing with much of her earnings from their scheme?

3. What is special about the paper Ringo acquires for Granny?

4. When does Bayard see Drusilla after Louisa arrives?

5. What does the gossip about Drusilla develop to?

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