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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapters Twenty-Eight through Thirty-Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years does the judge sentence Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to serve in jail?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Ten.

2. What property does Samuel Gatewood own?
(a) Stratford Plantation.
(b) Mumford Plantation.
(c) O'Hara Plantation.
(d) Gatewood Plantation.

3. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife pray for because it sometimes slows the number of wounded arriving at the hospital?
(a) The Confederates to win more battles.
(b) Less men joining the army.
(c) Spring rains.
(d) Winter storms.

4. What do Samuel Gatewood's son and his friends do after some Union cadets rush them after listening to a speech at the military institute?
(a) The immediately begin fighting back.
(b) They gather their weapons and return to regain their honor.
(c) They beg for forgiveness.
(d) They run and hide.

5. What is the name of the essay that Samuel Gatewood writes in Part I, Chapter 13?
(a) Remarks by a Plantation Owner.
(b) Remarks by a Slave Trader.
(c) Remarks by a Mountain Agriculturalist.
(d) Remarks by a Southern Abolitionist.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who accompanies Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to the jail after they are sentenced?

4. Where does Jesse decide to go to look for a new job?

5. Who harbors a runaway slave in Part I, Chapter 7?

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