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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Bill tell first about who he has chosen to fight for?
(a) Jethro.
(b) Jenny.
(c) John.
(d) Ellen.

3. Who demands that the boys stop their talk of war?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Matt.
(c) Jethro.
(d) Shadrach.

4. How does the nation respond to the start of the war?
(a) They start to move.
(b) They celebrate.
(c) They are all very angry.
(d) They cringe in fear.

5. What does Eb do after the first big battle of the Civil War?
(a) Takes a trip aboad to avoid the fighting.
(b) Joins the Union Army.
(c) Joins the Confederate Army.
(d) Goes to college.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jethro's favorite brother?

2. Who killed Jethro's sister, Mary?

3. Who proposed to Jenny?

4. Where does Shadrach live?

5. Where does Jethro and his family live?

(see the answer key)

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