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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the platform of the man running against Lincoln for his second term?
(a) Peace at all costs.
(b) Re-establishment of the Union.
(c) Emancipation.
(d) Civil Rights.

2. What does Jethro use to write proper letters?
(a) The Bible.
(b) A grammar book his mother gave him.
(c) The book Ross gave him.
(d) Shad's teachings.

3. Which of the following is NOT a battle won by the Confederates?
(a) New Madrid.
(b) Fort Sumter.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Pea Ridge.

4. Who comes to visit Jethro at the end of the book?
(a) Bill.
(b) Ross Milton.
(c) Shadrach.
(d) Jenny.

5. Who notices that Jethro is bothered by something after Jethro finds Eb?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Matt.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Eb.

6. Who sends a letter to Shadrach about the battle at Chicamauga Creek?
(a) Bill.
(b) Eb.
(c) John.
(d) Jethro.

7. Where does Jethro go when he hears the war has ended?
(a) To the train station.
(b) To Ross Milton's house.
(c) To John's house.
(d) Into town.

8. What month does the battle at Chancellorsville take place?
(a) June.
(b) March.
(c) April.
(d) May.

9. Under what political party does Lincoln run?
(a) Democrat.
(b) Republican.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Whigs.

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

11. Why do federal agents come to the Creighton's house?
(a) Eb has gone missing.
(b) They think a deserter is hiding in the barn.
(c) They want Jethro to join the army.
(d) They are investigating Hig Phillips' murder.

12. Who led the Union in Chicamauga Creek?
(a) Haskell.
(b) Grant.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Hooker.

13. What do Jenny and Jethro not like about the federal agents that come to the farm?
(a) Their disrespect to the president.
(b) Their smell of tobacco.
(c) Their language.
(d) Their mannerisms.

14. What does Jethro use to help him understand what is happening during the war?
(a) Bill's letters.
(b) Shad's map.
(c) A geography book.
(d) Newspaper articles.

15. In what month does the Civil War officially end?
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) July.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men show up to help re-build the Creighton's barn?

2. How many northern soldiers are killed at Chancellorsville?

3. What year was Jethro's barn destroyed?

4. Who wins the battle of Gettysburg?

5. Where does Jethro decide to live at the end of the book?

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