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

2. What do Ringo and Bayard steal after being ambushed?
(a) A wagon.
(b) Guns.
(c) Food.
(d) A horse.

3. When the Union ambushes Granny, Ringo and Bayard, Granny fights them off with _______.
(a) Her mules.
(b) A gun.
(c) Her fists.
(d) An umbrella.

4. How do members of regiments expel their colonel?
(a) They stage a riot.
(b) They tie him up and leave him behind.
(c) They vote.
(d) They can't.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Colonel Dick leave Granny's house?

2. Why is Philadelphy sobbing when Loosh and Granny confront each other?

3. How did the Union discover the silver?

4. Why does Sartoris see himself as a victim to the Union?

5. Faulkner compares the slaves' migration like racing to:

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Colonel Dick leave Granny's house?

2. Why is Granny particularly paranoid about the chest of silver in "Retreat"?

3. How easy is it to gauge humor in "Retreat"? Why?

4. How empathetic is the Union army in "Raid"?

5. Does Bayard glorify his father? How and why does he regard him the way he does?

6. Why isn't Uncle Buck fighting with the army?

7. Why do the Bayard and Ringo keep an eye on Loosh?

8. How have roles been reversed or changed in "Raid"?

9. Why does Bayard believe that "we are being set free"?

10. Is the war being waged violent in Mississippi in "Retreat"?

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