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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. Ringo asks Bayard who he thinks Granny dreamed about. Bayard says ______.
(a) His father.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Loosh.
(d) A stranger.

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

3. How does Drusilla change her appearance after her fiancé and father die?
(a) She dresses like a man.
(b) She dresses provocatively.
(c) She dresses more feminine.
(d) She dresses all in black.

4. Why does Granny scold Ringo and Bayard?
(a) For shooting.
(b) For not bathing.
(c) For cursing.
(d) For coming to her.

5. Granny's wagon is pushed into the river by a "_____" of slaves.
(a) Tide.
(b) Mob.
(c) Storm.
(d) Wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosa Miller's relation to Sartoris?

2. Why is the family hiding their silver?

3. What was Granny's disturbing dream at the beginning of "Retreat"?

4. When the Union soldiers arrive at Sartoris' house looking for him, he escapes by pretending to be a deaf _______.

5. Why is Drusilla relieved by the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is Sartoris a victim to both sides of the war?

7. Why is the Sartoris family burying their silver?

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

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

10. Why do the Bayard and Ringo keep an eye on Loosh?

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