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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jethro get to do now that he helps in the fields?
(a) Get his own room.
(b) Get some money.
(c) Ride a horse to town on his own.
(d) Sit at the adult table.

3. What will Jethro's father be doing while Jethro is in town?
(a) Bringing in the harvest.
(b) Trading for goods.
(c) Caring for Ellen.
(d) Working the fields.

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

5. Where is Jethro when he is told who Bill has chosen to fight for?
(a) In school.
(b) In his bed.
(c) In the barn.
(d) In the fields.

6. What month is it when Ellen first hears from Tom?
(a) January.
(b) February.
(c) November.
(d) December.

7. Who refused Jenny's suitor?
(a) Jenny's father.
(b) Jenny's mother.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Jenny's brothers.

8. Why does Jenny's father refuse to let her marry Shadrach after receiving Tom's letter?
(a) He is too young.
(b) He is going to war.
(c) He has no money.
(d) He is on the wrong side of the debate.

9. What is Ellen's nephew's name?
(a) William.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Wilse.
(d) Willy.

10. Where is John going a week after reading Tom's letter?
(a) To fight for the Union.
(b) To fight for the Confederacy.
(c) On a trip abroad.
(d) Taking his family out west.

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

12. What do many of Tom's friends do when the weather gets warm?
(a) Threw their winter gear away.
(b) Got heat exhaustion.
(c) Sold their blankets.
(d) Died of thirst.

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

14. Why does Jenny not want to share with Jethro when she receives something important?
(a) She wants to read it first.
(b) It is very personal.
(c) Jethro was mean to her.
(d) She has been craving bread.

15. Where does Jethro eat lunch while he is in town?
(a) At a restaurant.
(b) At the store.
(c) In his wagon.
(d) By a stream.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the community feel about Bill's views?

2. Who helps Jethro in the fields when his father is hurt?

3. How old is Jethro when this book begins?

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

5. What happens while Matt is heading to Dave Burdow's house?

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