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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 has changed since the boys went looking for Grumby and Ab?
(a) A new war has started.
(b) The war has ended.
(c) Jefferson has been destroyed.
(d) Drusilla and John are married.

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

3. What was also supposed to happen on election day?
(a) A birthday.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A baby shower.

4. How do Ringo, Bayard, and Buck know they are on the right track to findings Grumby and Ab?
(a) They find their supplies strewn.
(b) They find ransacked towns.
(c) They hear rumors in towns.
(d) Ab always heads north.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Aunt Louisa feel about Drusilla going to war?

2. Why was Louisa letdown by election day?

3. Where do Bayard and Ringo find Granny's body?

4. Why does Granny agree to do business with Grumby?

5. What is Louisa's final task in setting Drusilla right?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Bayard and Ringo hold Ab responsible for Granny's death?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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