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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 forthcoming is Buck to the stranger?
(a) He explains who they are looking for.
(b) He makes up a story about a lost horse.
(c) He hints at their objective but doesn't say much.
(d) He stay silent until the man leaves.

2. Where does Sartoris relocate the voting to?
(a) The post office.
(b) The old slave cabins.
(c) The next town.
(d) His house.

3. Why did the stranger kill the black man for the boys to find?
(a) As a peace offering.
(b) As a sign.
(c) As a warning.
(d) It was an accident.

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

5. The Methodist preacher in town used to be a _______.
(a) Farmer for the Sartoris family.
(b) Union soldier.
(c) Confederate private.
(d) Catholic priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ab tell Granny he admires about her?

2. What do Bayard and Ringo request from Uncle Buck after Granny's funeral?

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

4. Why can't Buck continue on with the boys?

5. Ab tells Bayard that Granny has accumulated ________ from the scheme.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why doesn't Bayard kill Ab?

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

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

7. How does Bayard feel about killing Grumby? Why?

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

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

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

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