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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. When does Bayard see Drusilla after Louisa arrives?
(a) Only at mealtimes.
(b) All day, every day.
(c) Only when he's in town.
(d) Never.

2. While camping, a _______ stranger arrives.
(a) Familiar looking.
(b) Union.
(c) Well-dressed.
(d) Female.

3. What first begins to concern Bayard about Ab's genuineness?
(a) Many of Ab's friends are known criminals.
(b) Granny has less money than Ab says.
(c) There is something suspicious about the way Ab looks at him.
(d) He sees Ab sneaking off at night.

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

5. Bayard becomes concerned about his father's ______ visits to town.
(a) Infrequent.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Extended.
(d) Mysterious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Buck continue on with the boys?

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

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

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

5. How long does the search for Grumby and Ab take?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is the most effective weapon against the Union army? How so?

4. Has the war changed Sartoris? How?

5. How do Bayard and Grumby approach killing differently?

6. How does Bayard feel about killing Grumby? Why?

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

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

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

10. Is Drusilla's relationship with Sartoris suspicious? What problem does this present?

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