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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. How does Granny respond to the soldier's accusations about her scheme?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She accuses them back.
(c) She feigns ignorance.
(d) She starts to cry.

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

5. Why does Granny go to see Grumby alone?
(a) She wants to look professional.
(b) Ab requested only she go.
(c) She doesn't believe they would hurt her.
(d) She will be less conspicuous.

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

7. How does Grumby try to disarm Bayard and Ringo?
(a) With a gun.
(b) By distracting them.
(c) With pleasant words.
(d) By fighting them.

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

9. 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 shivers when he enters the room.
(d) She hides her money.

10. How much did Sartoris beat Benbow by in the election?
(a) He won all the votes.
(b) He beat him by one vote.
(c) Sartoris fixed the election.
(d) Sartoris won sixty percent of the votes.

11. Why are the women of Jefferson concerned for Drusilla?
(a) They think she's having an affair with Sartoris.
(b) They think she's traumatized by the war.
(c) They think she's sick.
(d) They think she takes too many risks.

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

13. What does Aunt Louisa do when she arrives in Jefferson?
(a) Goes to congratulate Bayard.
(b) Start building her own house.
(c) Hugs and kisses Drusilla.
(d) Forces Drusilla to wear dresses.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Methodist preacher in town used to be a _______.

2. Where does Sartoris relocate the voting to?

3. How does Granny try to ensure not being caught by the Union in her scheme?

4. Sartoris is running against Benbow to become _______.

5. How did Aunt Louisa feel about Drusilla going to war?

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