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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jeff do to the bean soup?
(a) He ate it all.
(b) He added peppers to it.
(c) He poured it out to the pigs.
(d) He switched it with dishwater.

2. How long was the drought in the Kansas Territory?
(a) Sixteen days.
(b) Six months.
(c) Sixteen months.
(d) Seven months.

3. What does Jeff do around the farm?
(a) Laze the day away in bed.
(b) Helps with the chores.
(c) Cements the wellhouse.
(d) Take his parents out for a picnic.

4. Who deserts the company before they cross the Missouri border?
(a) Jeff Bussey.
(b) Mike Dempsey.
(c) Asa Clardy.
(d) David Gardner.

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

6. How many men are in General Lyon's outfit?
(a) 1200 men.
(b) 3000 men.
(c) 2800 men.
(d) 3800 men.

7. Where does the regiment march to the battle?
(a) Springfield, Missouri.
(b) Sacremento, California.
(c) Saint Lous, Missouri.
(d) Springtown, Mississippi.

8. Why does Jeff knock on the door of the clapboard house in the woods?
(a) To ask directions.
(b) To ask for permission to pick up apples in the yard.
(c) To ask permission to cut down trees in the yard.
(d) To ask permission to use the bathroom.

9. What does Emory tell Jeff to do?
(a) To go unharness the mules.
(b) To go to town for some milk.
(c) To go pick some corn.
(d) To go peel some potatoes.

10. What is on Jeff's new uniform?
(a) Lace trim.
(b) Blood.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Brass buttons.

11. Who is the sixteen-year-old neighbor that travels with Jeff?
(a) David Garner.
(b) Tess Parker.
(c) Ross Heifer.
(d) John Chadwick.

12. What is Emory Bussey considered?
(a) A Slave State man.
(b) A Free State man.
(c) A Rabblehouser.
(d) A Bushwhacker.

13. What position did Captain Clardy covet in his former regiment?
(a) Colonel.
(b) General.
(c) Major.
(d) Captain.

14. How does Jeff feel concerning the captain?
(a) He thinks he is highly intelligent.
(b) He wants to take him home.
(c) He dislikes him.
(d) He thinks of him like family.

15. What happens to General Lyon at the Battle of Wilson's Creek?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He is wounded.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He is the victor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeff promise to do if he survives the battle?

2. Where does the regiment go from Fort Scott?

3. Who gives Jeff information about Captain Clardy?

4. Who usually milks the Washbourne's cow?

5. How old is Jimmy Lear?

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