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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While fleeing, why does Granny refuse to sleep in the farmhouse?
(a) It's too dirty.
(b) She wants to stay with the silver.
(c) She doesn't trust the people inside.
(d) She likes the open air.

2. Where do Granny and Bayard end up living?
(a) In the woods.
(b) Joby's cabin.
(c) An abandoned farmhouse.
(d) A make-shift shack.

3. What do Ringo and Bayard steal after being ambushed?
(a) Food.
(b) Guns.
(c) A horse.
(d) A wagon.

4. When the Union soldiers arrive at Sartoris' house looking for him, he escapes by pretending to be a deaf _______.
(a) Woman.
(b) Hillbilly.
(c) Child.
(d) Union soldier.

5. Why does Sartoris return home at the beginning of "The Unvanquished"?
(a) To oversee the livestock pen.
(b) To bring a message.
(c) He was expelled from his regiment.
(d) He's fallen ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ringo and Bayard find Granny back home, what does she have?

2. Why do the Confederate troops encourage Granny to go back home?

3. At the beginning of "Ambuscade," what map is Bayard drawing?

4. Why does Granny read recipes to Ringo and Bayard?

5. Why is the family hiding their silver?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Loosh feel justified in taking the silver?

2. Does Bayard glorify his father? How and why does he regard him the way he does?

3. Why is the Sartoris family fleeing their town?

4. Why is Granny particularly paranoid about the chest of silver in "Retreat"?

5. How does Uncle Buck manage his slaves? Is this unusual?

6. How is the reader's perception of the war in "Raid" different than in prior chapters?

7. How easy is it to gauge humor in "Retreat"? Why?

8. Is Ringo more than a slave boy? How is he an equal or still inferior?

9. Does Bayard understand the Civil War? How does he see it?

10. How has Bayard matured since "Ambuscade"? What is the cause of this?

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