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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Captain Asa Clardy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is John Chadwick?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Fourteen.

2. What is Captain Clardy's first order to his company?
(a) "Peel Potatoes!"
(b) "Fix Bayonets!"
(c) "Mount Up!"
(d) "Stop Crying!"

3. What does the bushwhacker do to Jeff?
(a) Knocks him unconscious with his gun.
(b) Chokes him unconscious.
(c) Kicks him in the groin.
(d) Throws him out the frontroom window.

4. Who is at the Bussey house?
(a) Two young women with guns.
(b) Two strangers with sawed off shotguns.
(c) Two young men with their wives.
(d) Two older men with canes.

5. What does the doctor say to Jeff about his chest?
(a) That his chest is small.
(b) That his chest is fine enough to get shot.
(c) That his chest is rounded.
(d) That his chest could catch pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did one-third of the population flee the Kansas Territory?

2. Who sounds the Bussey family alarm?

3. What is Jeff's full name?

4. Who questions the boys before their enlistment?

5. What does Jeff leave on the mules?

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