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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 does the family react when Jethro receives a letter back?
(a) They are happy.
(b) They are confused.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They are shocked.

2. Who does John see while tending to rebel prisoners?
(a) Eb.
(b) Tom.
(c) Bill.
(d) Shad.

3. How old is Jenny when she gets married?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

4. Where is a known hide-out for deserters?
(a) Preservation Point.
(b) Point Prospect.
(c) Point Protection.
(d) Perpetrator Point.

5. Where does Jethro go when he hears the war has ended?
(a) To the train station.
(b) To Ross Milton's house.
(c) To John's house.
(d) Into town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the first soldier in the area to return home from the war?

2. The Creightons' receive help with their barn in which seasons?

3. Where do people come from to help repair the Creighton barn?

4. Who tells Jethro about Lincoln's assassination?

5. Why is Hig Phillips murdered?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do federal agents come to the Creighton farm?

2. Where does John see Bill, and why?

3. What does Shadrach write to Jethro about in Chapter 11?

4. What happens to Hig Phillips in Chapter 9, and why?

5. How do Jenny and Jethro follow what is happening in the war?

6. What helps Shadrach while he is with his aunt?

7. What happens when Jethro hears strange noises from the woods while working in the fields one day?

8. What happens when men gather to build the Creightons' a new barn?

9. What makes Jethro less interested in his schooling at the beginning of Chapter 12?

10. What happens that ruins the peace in Jethro's life after the war is ended?

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