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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. Why does Sartoris see himself as a victim to the Union?
(a) He can't protect his family.
(b) They took his silver.
(c) They are winning the war.
(d) They bribe him to join them.

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

3. The last time Drusilla saw the railroad, she says it was ______.
(a) A battle ground.
(b) Destroyed.
(c) In tact.
(d) Being rebuilt.

4. Why were the slave woman and her baby left behind?
(a) They were too noisy.
(b) They ate too much food.
(c) They didn't want to leave.
(d) They were too slow.

5. When the slaves are asked to carry the chest of silver up the stairs, they grumble and ______.
(a) Leave.
(b) Curse.
(c) Obey.
(d) Smile.

Short Answer Questions

1. While fleeing, why does Granny refuse to sleep in the farmhouse?

2. How do members of regiments expel their colonel?

3. Why does Colonel Dick leave Granny's house?

4. Why does Sartoris return home at the beginning of "The Unvanquished"?

5. "Retreat" begins ______ after the conclusion of "Ambuscade."

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the fleeing slaves representing?

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

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

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

6. Why does Granny become relieved at one point when the Union soldiers are searching her house?

7. Why is the Sartoris family burying their silver?

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

9. Why has Drusilla become more masculine?

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

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