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

2. What has Granny been doing with much of her earnings from their scheme?
(a) Giving it to needy neighbors.
(b) Hiding it.
(c) Betting on the war.
(d) Buying liquor.

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

4. Where do Bayard and Ringo hear Ab has gone?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Montana.
(d) Vicksburg.

5. What first begins to concern Bayard about Ab's genuineness?
(a) Granny has less money than Ab says.
(b) There is something suspicious about the way Ab looks at him.
(c) Many of Ab's friends are known criminals.
(d) He sees Ab sneaking off at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Aunt Louisa feel about Drusilla going to war?

2. What has changed since the boys went looking for Grumby and Ab?

3. Why do the Sartoris' have reservations about Ab?

4. What does Bayard do with Grumby's body?

5. What makes it clear that Granny doesn't trust Ab?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do Bayard and Ringo hold Ab responsible for Granny's death?

4. Who is the most effective weapon against the Union army? How so?

5. Does John Sartoris want to marry Drusilla? Why or why not?

6. Does Bayard feel guilty about Granny's death? Should he?

7. What was Granny's motive in stealing and selling mules?

8. Why doesn't Bayard kill Ab?

9. Has the war changed Sartoris? How?

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

(see the answer keys)

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