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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose journal is cited in the opening of Chapter 21?

2. What do they give to Sergeant Woodruff before they pack him on a litter to take him to get medical care in Chapter 22?

3. Who is the New Hampshire Major whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 5?

4. In the end of Chapter 20, Eben asks Curzon if he knows how to cook what?

5. Who receives Sergeant Woodruff's boots in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the five men with whom Curzon shares a tent once his regiment sets out in Chapter 11?

2. How does Eben respond to the stolen goods in Curzon's bag in Chapter 9?

3. What does Curzon do the help the Patriot soldier in Chapter 2?

4. Why is Curzon concerned about storing his knapsack in Eben's tent in Chapter 8?

5. What are the circumstances that lead to Sergeant Woodruff's death?

6. Why does Sergeant Woodruff not want his men to dig in building their cabins? Why does he agree to let them do so?

7. What genre does Forge fall into? What are the qualities of this genre?

8. How does Curzon betray the gap-toothed boy in Chapter 4?

9. From whose perspective is the narrative related? Why do you think the author chose this perspective?

10. What arrives as the Christmas rations in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What causes the fight between Eben and John Burns in the narrative? How does Curzon help Eben after the fight? How does this change their friendship?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the narrative style of Forge. From what perspective is the story narrated? Is the narrative related in the present, future, or past tense? What significance do these choices of the author's have on the reader's experience of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the conditions of the Valley Forge camp. What do Curzon and his company find when they arrive at the camp? How many soldiers are housed at the camp? What are the lacking necessities at the camp?

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