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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 is the family hiding their silver?
(a) It's illegal.
(b) They want to appear modest.
(c) The Union is coming.
(d) Bayard and Ringo play with it too much.

2. Why do many slaves begin betraying their masters?
(a) They see an opportunity for payback.
(b) The Union promises them freedom for their help.
(c) They get money for information.
(d) Because they are fed up.

3. Ringo and Bayard have growing ______ to protect their town.
(a) Disdain.
(b) Fear.
(c) Conviction.
(d) Joy.

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

5. Drusilla views her new life as _______.
(a) Interesting.
(b) Dull.
(c) Painful.
(d) Controversial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Granny hide Ringo and Bayard?

2. Why isn't Uncle Buck fighting in the army?

3. The last time Drusilla saw the railroad, she says it was ______.

4. How did Bayard's mother die?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does "Raid" paint women?

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

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

7. Why has Drusilla become more masculine?

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

9. How empathetic is the Union army in "Raid"?

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

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