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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Bill use to describe war when talking to Jethro?
(a) Destructive.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Useless.
(d) Hypocritical.

2. Where does Shadrach live?
(a) In a boarding house in town.
(b) In a small wood shack in the forest.
(c) In the Creighton's barn.
(d) In the schoolhouse.

3. What is Jethro and his family planting at the beginning of the book?
(a) Corn.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Potatoes.

4. Which side does Tom favor?
(a) Neither side.
(b) The North.
(c) The South.
(d) A little bit of both.

5. What does Shadrach tell Jethro to NOT call the president?
(a) Honest Abe.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Abe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill do after resorting to physical blows with someone about his views?

2. What happens to Jethro at night when the war begins?

3. How far away from the Creighton's house is Shadrach's cabin?

4. Why does Jenny's father refuse to let her marry Shadrach after receiving Tom's letter?

5. How does Jethro feel as he listens to his brothers argue about the war?

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