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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. What were the soldiers certain would only last three weeks?
(a) The presidency of Abraham Lincoln.
(b) The war.
(c) Their trip.
(d) The construction of the train line.

2. What type of transport did Emma take to Fort Monroe?
(a) A horse.
(b) She walked.
(c) A paddle wheel boat.
(d) A train.

3. What city was key to the Union Army's strategy in the early days of the war?
(a) Yorktown.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Louisville.

4. Mrs. Butler was a descendant of ______________.
(a) A military family.
(b) A Irish family.
(c) A Boston high society family.
(d) A rugged pioneer family.

5. What were the slaves delivering when they woke Emma?
(a) Food to the sentry.
(b) Documents to the 6th company commander.
(c) Ammunition to the front lines.
(d) Mail to the soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Michigan Volunteer Infantry also known as?

2. Why were the soldiers anxious?

3. What disguise did Emma reject for her new assignment?

4. Who helped Emma study for the covert operation?

5. What did she Emma see flickering across the valley?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where were soldiers gathering at the start of Chapter 1, and why were they anxious?

2. How did a corporal give Emma a way out of the Confederate camp?

3. What did President Lincoln call for?

4. What did a Confederate officer ask Cuff at the camp?

5. What were Quaker guns?

6. What was the Union Army foregoing?

7. Who helped Emma at the start of Chapter 4?

8. What was training like for Emma and her fellow recruits?

9. Who joined Company B at the start of Chapter 3 and what would it mean for Emma?

10. Who did the medical team consist of and what type of injuries did they treat?

(see the answer keys)

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