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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tom's first battle?
(a) Fort Donler.
(b) Fort Dunley.
(c) Fort Donelson.
(d) Fort Dumbleton.

2. How was Jethro's well made unusable?
(a) Guy Wortman poured coal oil in it.
(b) A flood moved large stones over the top of it.
(c) A sick animal died in it.
(d) Dave Burdow poured sand and stones in it.

3. Who sent the letter that Jenny does not want to share with Jethro?
(a) Shadrach.
(b) Bill.
(c) Tom.
(d) Eb.

4. What becomes a very common thing for soldiers to do after the first year of war?
(a) Re-enlistment.
(b) Back-talk.
(c) Desert.
(d) Suicide.

5. What do the men in Jethro's family try to avoid when they hear of the beginning of the war?
(a) Ellen's nephew.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Confrontation.
(d) Their mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who demands that the boys stop their talk of war?

2. What does Eb do after the first big battle of the Civil War?

3. Who loses the first big battle of the Civil War?

4. Why does Jenny not want to share with Jethro when she receives something important?

5. What do many of Tom's friends do when the weather gets warm?

(see the answer key)

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