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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Raid: Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bayard remarks that, between he and Ringo, skin color and smarts didn't count anymore. What does count, in his eyes?
(a) Their courage.
(b) Their age.
(c) Their ability.
(d) What they'd seen or done.

2. What was Granny's disturbing dream at the beginning of "Retreat"?
(a) Someone burns her house.
(b) Someone takes Bayard.
(c) The Union wins the war.
(d) Someone finds their silver.

3. Faulkner compares the slaves' migration like racing to:
(a) The finish line.
(b) The promised land.
(c) The gates of heaven.
(d) Home.

4. While working, Bayard pretends to be who?
(a) A professional carpenter.
(b) A Union soldier.
(c) One of his father's soldiers.
(d) His father.

5. Why do many slaves decide to return to Jefferson with Granny?
(a) They want to steal her silver.
(b) They will have food and shelter.
(c) They are frightened by the scene at the river.
(d) The Colonel orders them to.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Union soldiers arrive at Sartoris' house looking for him, he escapes by pretending to be a deaf _______.

2. Why does Sartoris return home at the beginning of "The Unvanquished"?

3. What does the Sartoris family hide their silver in?

4. Ringo asks Bayard who he thinks Granny dreamed about. Bayard says ______.

5. Ringo and Bayard are _____ years old in "Raid."

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