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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 becomes concerned about his father's ______ visits to town.
(a) Extended.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) Infrequent.
(d) Midnight.

2. Why does Bayard kill Grumby?
(a) Grumby tried to shoot him.
(b) Grumby will never stop stealing.
(c) Grumby spoke ill of Bayard's mother.
(d) Grumby killed Granny.

3. What does Bayard do with Grumby's body?
(a) Hangs it in the middle of town.
(b) Places it on Granny's grave.
(c) Buries it.
(d) Burns it.

4. What is Grumby's group called?
(a) The Renegades.
(b) The Anarchists.
(c) The Night Riders.
(d) The Independents.

5. How long does the search for Grumby and Ab take?
(a) Three days.
(b) One year.
(c) Three months.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Louisa letdown by election day?

2. Before the war, Benbow was ______.

3. How does Louisa respond to Drusilla's return home?

4. What has Granny been doing with much of her earnings from their scheme?

5. Sartoris is running against Benbow to become _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bayard place Grumby on Granny's grave?

2. How do Bayard and Grumby approach killing differently?

3. How does Granny represent the title of the novel?

4. Is Drusilla's relationship with Sartoris suspicious? What problem does this present?

5. What does Bayard mean when he says that the men of Jefferson are enemies to the women?

6. Do the old social rules of women and men in the south still apply in "The Unvanquished"? Why or why not?

7. Why isn't Ab Snopes enlisted in the army?

8. What is the primary reason Bayard was forced to act as an adult in "Vendee"?

9. Who are the victors in "Skirmish at Sartoris"?

10. Why does the Union army burn many plantation houses?

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