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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do soldiers do as they pass through towns in Georgia?
(a) Plunder and steal.
(b) Kill livestock.
(c) Mock and beat the citizens.
(d) Demand food from poor farmers.

2. Where is Chicamauga Creek?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Tennessee.

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

4. Which amendment is created during Chapter 12?
(a) 12th.
(b) 14th.
(c) 11th.
(d) 13th.

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

6. What does Sherman give Lincoln as a Christmas present?
(a) News of a victory.
(b) The city of Savannah.
(c) A surrender from Lee.
(d) The end of the war.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Who takes on the care of the farm at the end of the book?
(a) Matt.
(b) Eb and John.
(c) Jenny and Shadrach.
(d) Bill.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the people frustrated with the Union Army in Chapter 7?

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

3. Why does the Lawrence boy come home from the war in Chapter 7?

4. What is the name of the first soldier in the area to return home from the war?

5. Who wins the battle of Gettysburg?

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