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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters Fourteen through Twenty-Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the visitor bring Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife while visiting her in jail?
(a) A freshly baked pie.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Soap, cheese, and other minor gifts.
(d) Milk, a brush, and some candy.

2. Whom does Samuel Gatewood have help Uther Botkin's family after the death of his wife?
(a) Susie.
(b) Anna.
(c) Opal.
(d) Martha.

3. What are Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife forced to do while in jail?
(a) Sit in a dark room all day long.
(b) Make clothing for the Confederate Army.
(c) Manual labor.
(d) Be completely silent.

4. Where does Catesby tell Samuel he should send someone to get his son who has been wounded in battle?
(a) Viewmont Hotel.
(b) Crafton's Hotel.
(c) Wilson's Hotel.
(d) Jackson's Hotel.

5. At the hospital that she works at, Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife has to dump piles of used bandages into a pit. What else does she see inside the pit?
(a) Hundreds of boots.
(b) Piles of rotting human flesh.
(c) Piles of torn up clothing.
(d) Piles of human heads.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Samuel Gatewood purchase from Uther Botkin?

2. Why does Alexander demand that he be treated as a prisoner of war while in prison?

3. As the story opens, what is the young woman traveling the countryside in search of?

4. Where is the penitentiary that Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife are being sent to?

5. The woman traveling the countryside hears a lot about a storm. What is the name of the storm?

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