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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. Bayard remarks that, between he and Ringo, skin color and smarts didn't count anymore. What does count, in his eyes?
(a) Their ability.
(b) Their age.
(c) Their courage.
(d) What they'd seen or done.

2. How does Colonel Dick compensate Granny?
(a) He helps her cross the river.
(b) He hugs her.
(c) He gives her advise.
(d) He gives her more silver and mules.

3. How long do Ringo and Bayard wait on the road?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Ten hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) A week.

4. After the encounter with the slave woman, what does Ringo predict?
(a) They may die.
(b) They will return home.
(c) They will also leave her behind.
(d) They will help her safety.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ringo and Bayard find Granny back home, what does she have?

2. What is Drusilla very accomplished in?

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

4. How did the Union discover the silver?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Is the war being waged violent in Mississippi in "Retreat"?

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

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

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

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

8. Why is the Sartoris family fleeing their town?

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

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

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