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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. The Union prisoners escape but leave their _______ behind.
(a) Clothes.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Supplies.
(d) Fire.

2. What is Drusilla's main goal?
(a) To get married.
(b) To free the slaves.
(c) Joining Sartoris' regiment.
(d) To own her own land.

3. At the beginning of "Raid," where is the Sartoris family forced to live?
(a) In an inn.
(b) In a tent.
(c) In Granny's house.
(d) In the slave quarters.

4. Why do many slaves decide to return to Jefferson with Granny?
(a) They will have food and shelter.
(b) They want to steal her silver.
(c) They are frightened by the scene at the river.
(d) The Colonel orders them to.

5. When his father returns home, Bayard observes he has the "smell of ______."
(a) Horses.
(b) Union soldiers.
(c) Violence.
(d) Glory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Bayard's mother die?

2. Why were the slave woman and her baby left behind?

3. What does Granny offer to Colonel Dick?

4. Why is Drusilla relieved by the war?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. After the Union soldiers leave her house, what is Granny most concerned with?

2. Why do Bayard and Ringo shoot at the Union soldiers?

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

4. Why isn't Uncle Buck fighting with the army?

5. How have roles been reversed or changed in "Raid"?

6. Are people's loyalties in "Raid" predictable or unpredictable? How?

7. Why is the Sartoris family burying their silver?

8. In "Raid," which is more important to people: freedom or personal sentiment? How and why?

9. Are slaves able to be free in "Retreat"? Is it true freedom?

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

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