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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Louisa respond to Drusilla's return home?
(a) She feels Drusilla has shamed the family.
(b) She wishes Drusilla had been a better soldier.
(c) She is happy Drusilla is back.
(d) She wants Drusilla to go north.

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

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

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

5. What was also supposed to happen on election day?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A birthday.
(c) A baby shower.
(d) A wedding.

6. What was Granny saving some money from the scheme for?
(a) To make a new life after the war.
(b) To bail her cousin out of prison.
(c) To hire a hit man.
(d) To buy her slaves back.

7. How is Bayard able to identify Grumby's house?
(a) The Union flag in the window.
(b) His wagon.
(c) His clothes hanging outside.
(d) His horse.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Why is Granny disheartened by the conclusion of her scheme?
(a) She feels like she let Ab down.
(b) She doesn't like being a wanted woman.
(c) She liked the excitement of crime.
(d) She hasn't saved enough money.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the war, where was Benbow?

2. Why does Bayard kill Grumby?

3. Ab tells Bayard that Granny has accumulated ________ from the scheme.

4. Where do Bayard, Ringo and Buck decide to search for Ab and Grumby?

5. What does Ab tell Granny he admires about her?

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