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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of training will Jeff's unit receive at Fort Gibson?

2. What is housed at Fort Gibson?

3. What does Jeff recover from the Confederate courier?

4. What are the full blooded Cherokee Indians that are sympathetic to the Union called?

5. Who is chasing Jeff?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Boggy Depot.

2. What does Jeff know about bloodhounds?

3. Where do Jeff and Jim Bostwick end up on their scout?

4. Where do Jeff and Lucy spend their Sunday?

5. When Jeff became ill, how does he get to the Jackmans' home?

6. What is Jeff's punishment for refusing to participate in the execution?

7. Who is Frank Brandt?

8. What is done in the Jackman home to teach the girls good breeding?

9. Describe what Jeff sees at the hotel at Boggy Depot.

10. What information does the letter in the haversack contain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the beginning of the story Jeff, David Gardner and John Chadwick all leave together to go to war.

Part 1) Compare these three characters at the beginning of the story.

Part 2) From what is seen of these characters, explain what changes have occurred for each one over the course of the war.

Essay Topic 2

Does it make the book more or less enjoyable to know it is a work of fiction? Would it make the book more interesting if its main characters had actually existed? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Explain the role that Clardy has in the story.

Part 2) How would the story have been different without Clardy?

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