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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. How long does Lucy have to wait in the train depot before her train departs?
(a) One and one-half hours.
(b) Three hours.
(c) 25 minutes.
(d) Two hours.

2. How does Will greet Lucy when she arrives at the hospital?
(a) He doesn't even know her name.
(b) He is apprehensive about seeing her.
(c) He embraces her strongly.
(d) He does not want her to be there.

3. What does Lucy do when she hears of Ned's injury?
(a) Shoots herself.
(b) Has the locks changed on the doors.
(c) Piles up the guns in the house on the front yard.
(d) Sells all of Will's guns.

4. According to Prothero, there should not be a virgin over the age of __________ in the Confederacy.
(a) 21.
(b) 11.
(c) 17.
(d) 13.

5. What does the community ask Lucy to do?
(a) Volunteer at the soup kitchen.
(b) Teach Sunday School.
(c) Organize a hospital fundraiser.
(d) Run for Mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lucy's best friend as a child?

2. What does Will do with the musket with which he killed men?

3. Where is Will sitting in a ditch in Book III, pp. 478-509?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the items that Lieutenant Prothero brings with him?

5. How old will Ned be at the beginning of this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Will behave when he returns home after Ned's accident?

2. How do Lucy's children feel about Cassie in their lives?

3. Describe Lucy's success at teaching Sunday School

4. How does the author show that Lucy is weary of Will's war stories?

5. How does Lieutenant Prothero behave inappropriately toward Unison Randolph?

6. Describe Will's journey home after the end of the war.

7. How does Baby try to re-pay her mother for swallowing the diamond ring?

8. Why did Bianca try to push Lucy toward social refinement and how did Lucy feel about it?

9. What are the circumstances in which Maimie is terminated by Angus McCloud?

10. Why would Unison have behaved so mournfully at Prothero's funeral, especially when she did not care for him?

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