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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) She wants to stay with the silver.
(b) She doesn't trust the people inside.
(c) It's too dirty.
(d) She likes the open air.

2. What happened at Vicksburg?
(a) Everyone evacuated.
(b) It was overthrown by the Confederates.
(c) It fell to the Union.
(d) It formed its own nation.

3. Drusilla compares the fighting Confederates and Union on the railroad to ______.
(a) Iron knights.
(b) Mythical gods.
(c) Dogs and cats.
(d) A train wreck.

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

5. Why does Colonel Dick leave Granny's house?
(a) He feels bad for intruding.
(b) He believes her story.
(c) He's tired of looking.
(d) He respects her resolve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ringo is lass of a slave and more of a ______ to Bayard.

2. Why does Granny pray after the soldiers leave?

3. When the Union ambushes Granny, Ringo and Bayard, Granny fights them off with _______.

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

5. After Bayard shoots, Ringo screams that who is coming after them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Sartoris family burying their silver?

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

3. Why does Bayard believe that "we are being set free"?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are the fleeing slaves representing?

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

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