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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. Sartoris is running against Benbow to become _______.
(a) Mayor.
(b) Treasurer.
(c) Town representative.
(d) Marshall.

2. The travel of findings Grumby and Ab is ______.
(a) Treacherous.
(b) Easy.
(c) Cold and wet.
(d) Hot and humid.

3. What does Bayard do when he sees Ab?
(a) He beats him.
(b) He spits on him.
(c) He calls for the police.
(d) He sets him free.

4. What is Louisa's final task in setting Drusilla right?
(a) Teaching her to play piano.
(b) Getting her a wig.
(c) Making her marry Sartoris.
(d) Moving her to New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the stranger tell the group to look for Grumby in Alabama?

2. How does Ringo distract the troops who corner Granny?

3. What occupies Drusilla's time when she returns home from the war?

4. Why doesn't Bayard kill Ab?

5. Why are the women of Jefferson concerned for Drusilla?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Bayard kill Ab?

2. What is the purpose of the rainy weather in "Vendee"?

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

4. Is Aunt Louisa's confrontation of Drusilla's masculinity humorous banter? Why or why not?

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

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

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

8. Has the war changed Sartoris? How?

9. What is the affect of "Vendee" picking up only days after "Reposte in Tertio"?

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

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