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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was Jethro's barn destroyed?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1862.

2. What does the President decide to do about the deserters?
(a) Take their pay away.
(b) Give them amnesty.
(c) Allow them to go free.
(d) Let them return to their posts.

3. Who does John see while tending to rebel prisoners?
(a) Bill.
(b) Tom.
(c) Shad.
(d) Eb.

4. Why has Jethro stopped concentrating on his lessons in Chapter 12?
(a) He is too busy with the farm work.
(b) Shadrach is gone.
(c) He has read all of the books he has.
(d) His father asked him to stop.

5. Who is sent to update the family record after getting the news from the Lawrence boy?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Jethro.
(d) Eliza.

6. How does Shadrach feel about his general in Chapter 8?
(a) He does not think he is skilled enough.
(b) He owes the man his life.
(c) He is highly devoted to him.
(d) He feels he does not follow orders well.

7. Where are the strange noises in the woods coming from while Jethro is working in the field?
(a) A deserter.
(b) A wounded animal.
(c) A federal agent.
(d) Eb.

8. Who does Jethro write a letter to after finding Eb?
(a) President Lincoln.
(b) Shadrach.
(c) Bill.
(d) John.

9. Where does Eb go after Lincoln gives the deserters amnesty?
(a) To find Shadrach.
(b) To prison.
(c) Back to his duty.
(d) To work on the farm.

10. What battle was Shadrach wounded in?
(a) Gettysburg.
(b) Vicksburg.
(c) Potomac.
(d) Brandywine.

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

12. Why is Guy Wortman arrested?
(a) His rifle is found in the Creighton's burned out barn.
(b) He is caught stealing.
(c) One of his men turns him in.
(d) He is seen shooting at a family.

13. Who led the Confederate Army in the battle of Gettysburg?
(a) Hooker.
(b) Lee.
(c) Haskell.
(d) Grant.

14. What is the name of the first soldier in the area to return home from the war?
(a) Don.
(b) Darrell.
(c) Doug.
(d) Dan.

15. What does Jethro say is bothering him when he is questioned after finding Eb?
(a) He has bad dreams.
(b) He wishes he could join the army.
(c) He is tired.
(d) He has been smoking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What battle does Shadrach write about in Chapter 8?

2. What do the men all talk about after the barn has been built?

3. Why is Hig Phillips murdered?

4. What does Jethro use to write proper letters?

5. What battle does John write about in Chapter 8?

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