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

2. How is the camp cook killed?
(a) He is shot in the battle.
(b) He is strangled.
(c) He is clubbed to death.
(d) He is stabbed in the back.

3. What battle begins on December 7, 1862?
(a) The Battle of Fort Smith.
(b) The Battle of Fort Sills.
(c) The Battle of New Orleans.
(d) The Battle of Prairie Grove.

4. What did Jeff trap in the creek before he went in the army?
(a) Skunks and foxes.
(b) Muskrats and otters.
(c) Skunks and muskrats.
(d) Muskrats and coyotes.

5. What is the name of the shepherd dog Jeff befriends?
(a) Dixie.
(b) Davis.
(c) Drago.
(d) Darlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What necessity is lacking in the Cherokee Indian Nation?

2. Of what war is Emory Bussey a veteran?

3. When the bushwhacker pulls his trigger what happens?

4. What Cherokee commands a small Rebel cavalry unit and owns slaves?

5. Who is Emory Bussey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jeff's punishment for defending his namesake?

2. Why is Captain Clardy so hateful to the volunteer soldiers in his company?

3. Why does Jim Veatch throw his playing card in the sumac bush?

4. What is Bess's role in the encounter with the bushwhackers?

5. What happens to the boys on the first morning at Fort Leavenworth?

6. What does Jeff find when he returns home after hearing the seahorn blast?

7. What chores does Jeff attend to his one day at home on furlough?

8. What made Jeff's mind up about his 'dearest wish'?

9. What does David Gardner decide?

10. Who were the men who came to Jeff's home?

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