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

2. What does the gossip about Drusilla develop to?
(a) Everyone thinks she's married.
(b) Everyone thinks she's a hero.
(c) Everyone thinks she's pregnant.
(d) Everyone thinks she's a traitor.

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

4. Why does the stranger tell the group to look for Grumby in Alabama?
(a) The man saw him there a month before.
(b) He's trying to help.
(c) To put them off his scent.
(d) Grumby has family there.

5. How does Ringo distract the troops who corner Granny?
(a) He runs across the field screaming.
(b) He fires shots at them.
(c) He makes noise from the woods.
(d) He attempts to arrest them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is special about the paper Ringo acquires for Granny?

3. Why does Bayard set Ab free?

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

5. Where do Bayard, Ringo and Buck decide to search for Ab and Grumby?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. After the war, is there peace in the south?

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

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