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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Philadelphy sobbing when Loosh and Granny confront each other?
(a) Because she doesn't like confrontation.
(b) Because she knows Loosh is wrong.
(c) Because he doesn't want to leave the farm.
(d) Because Granny is sad.

2. How does Granny gain Colonel Dick's sympathy?
(a) She tells him the story of her mules being stolen.
(b) She pretends to be injured.
(c) She tells a story of her starving grandchildren.
(d) She tells him a story about the abusive Confederates.

3. Why do Ringo and Bayard spy on Loosh?
(a) They are playing a game.
(b) They think he's stealing.
(c) They think he knows something.
(d) They find his movements interesting.

4. While fleeing, why does Granny refuse to sleep in the farmhouse?
(a) She likes the open air.
(b) It's too dirty.
(c) She wants to stay with the silver.
(d) She doesn't trust the people inside.

5. How many regiments has Colonel Sartoris made?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

6. How does Buck decide which slaves he sets free?
(a) He sets the older ones free.
(b) He waits for signs from God.
(c) Whoever does better work.
(d) He draws names from a hat.

7. When the slaves are asked to carry the chest of silver up the stairs, they grumble and ______.
(a) Smile.
(b) Leave.
(c) Obey.
(d) Curse.

8. How does Bayard feel about taking orders from this father?
(a) Thrilled.
(b) Patronized.
(c) Begrudged.
(d) Nervous.

9. Why can't Sartoris stay with his mother-in-law?
(a) He can't stand her.
(b) There is a new battle.
(c) The Yankees are looking for him.
(d) She doesn't have food to feed them all.

10. Why isn't Uncle Buck fighting in the army?
(a) He ran away.
(b) He lost a poker game.
(c) He broke his leg.
(d) He was found to be a traitor.

11. What happened at Vicksburg?
(a) It was overthrown by the Confederates.
(b) It formed its own nation.
(c) It fell to the Union.
(d) Everyone evacuated.

12. At the beginning of "Raid," where is the Sartoris family forced to live?
(a) In Granny's house.
(b) In a tent.
(c) In an inn.
(d) In the slave quarters.

13. The last time Drusilla saw the railroad, she says it was ______.
(a) Destroyed.
(b) In tact.
(c) Being rebuilt.
(d) A battle ground.

14. At the beginning of "Ambuscade," what map is Bayard drawing?
(a) Mason-Dixon line.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Vicksburg.
(d) Jefferson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Drusilla relieved by the war?

2. Why does Sartoris see himself as a victim to the Confederates?

3. When the Union ambushes Granny, Ringo and Bayard, Granny fights them off with _______.

4. What is Drusilla very accomplished in?

5. How do the slaves respond to Loosh explaining the Union is coming to free them?

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