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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. Why can't Buck continue on with the boys?
(a) His wound is too infected.
(b) He's banned from the next town.
(c) He has to take Ab back to town.
(d) He is too old and tired.

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

3. What occupies all of Sartoris' time since returning from the war?
(a) Comforting his son.
(b) Seeing Drusilla.
(c) Finding his lost mules.
(d) Rebuilding his house.

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

5. What occupies Drusilla's time when she returns home from the war?
(a) Making plans to overthrow the Union.
(b) Needlepoint and laundry.
(c) Rebuilding Sartoris' house.
(d) Cleaning up the town.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Granny go to see Grumby alone?

3. Why does Bayard kill Grumby?

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

5. The travel of findings Grumby and Ab is ______.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Are Drusilla and Sartoris' efforts admirable? Why or why not?

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

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

8. How do Bayard and Grumby approach killing differently?

9. What does Bayard mean when he says that the men of Jefferson are enemies to the women?

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

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