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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters Forty-Four through Fifty-Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife tell a young solider who asks if he is going to die?
(a) That she does not know.
(b) That he needs not to worry about it.
(c) The he will survive.
(d) That he will not live through the night.

2. Marguerite is interviewed by a girl from the WPA. Why are the girl's boss and father criticizing the amount of time she spends with Marguerite?
(a) They both say the story that Marguerite is telling is untrue.
(b) Because she is a slave.
(c) Because she is a prostitute.
(d) They do not like that she's a mulatto.

3. Where are Jesse and his company assigned to work in Part IV, Chapter 52?
(a) Building a bridge.
(b) At a factory.
(c) Cleaning latrines.
(d) On a dock.

4. What does Catesby say to a fellow soldier right before he dies?
(a) "The Union soldiers will not give up fighting until every man and boy is dead."
(b) "Virginians would fight until every man and boy was dead."
(c) Georgians will not give up fighting until every man and boy is dead."
(d) "I will not give up fighting until every man and boy is dead."

5. What does Silas do for a living?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Rancher.
(c) Buys and sells slaves.
(d) Farms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Jesse's Captain in the army?

2. What is the name of the surgeon who receives a telegram that makes him cry?

3. What is the name of Silas's nephew?

4. What birthday is Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife nearing in Part IV, Chapter 50?

5. After traveling to where the slaves are held, with whom does Silas's nephew have sex?

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