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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What year does Chapter 12 take place in?
(a) 1866.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1854.

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

4. How many northern soldiers are killed at Chancellorsville?
(a) 7,000.
(b) 700
(c) 17,000.
(d) 1,700.

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

6. Who tells Jethro about Lincoln's assassination?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Matt.
(c) Ross.
(d) Nancy.

7. Who did General Hooker replace in the army?
(a) Grant.
(b) Lee.
(c) Haskell.
(d) Burnside.

8. Who runs against Lincoln for his second term in office?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Grant.
(c) Lee.
(d) McCLellan.

9. Where are the Creighton births and deaths recorded?
(a) The family Bible.
(b) The family tree.
(c) The town hall records.
(d) The Creighton history.

10. What does Jethro carry while working in the fields after the federal agents come to the farm?
(a) A book.
(b) A map.
(c) Food.
(d) A weapon.

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

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

13. What battle does John write about in Chapter 8?
(a) Fredericksburg.
(b) Fort Henry.
(c) Stones River.
(d) Fort Donelson.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shadrach tell Jenny in his letter in Chapter 10?

2. Who sends a letter to Shadrach about the battle at Chicamauga Creek?

3. Who comes to visit Jethro at the end of the book?

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

5. Why has Jethro stopped concentrating on his lessons in Chapter 12?

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