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

2. Why does Mrs. Compson approach Drusilla when she returns home?
(a) She wants to make sure she's not injured.
(b) She was asked to intervene.
(c) She wants to tell her the gossip.
(d) She wants to hear her stories.

3. In the scheme, Ab is in charge of ______.
(a) Inventory.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Human relations.
(d) Sales.

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

5. Before the war, Benbow was ______.
(a) A slave.
(b) A child.
(c) A Republican.
(d) The mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How forthcoming is Buck to the stranger?

2. How does Mrs. Compson know Louisa?

3. What does Aunt Louisa do when she arrives in Jefferson?

4. Where does the stranger shoot Buck?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Bayard and Grumby approach killing differently?

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

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

4. Has the war changed Sartoris? How?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the climax of "The Unvanquished"? Why?

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