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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is causing widespread destruction in the area in Chapter 7?
(a) Dave Burdow.
(b) Ross Milton.
(c) Travis Bidwell.
(d) Guy Wortman.

5. Where is Shadrach when Jenny comes to be with him?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) New York.
(c) D.C.
(d) North Carolina.

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

7. Where do people come from to help repair the Creighton barn?
(a) All over the state.
(b) All over the town.
(c) All over the region.
(d) All over the county.

8. What battle does Shadrach write about in Chapter 8?
(a) Gettysburg.
(b) Pea Ridge.
(c) Antietam.
(d) New Madrid.

9. Where is Jethro when he hears of Lincoln's assassination?
(a) The fields.
(b) His bed.
(c) The barn.
(d) The dinner table.

10. What do the men all talk about after the barn has been built?
(a) The weather.
(b) The president.
(c) The war.
(d) Guy Wortman.

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

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

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

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

15. What news does the Lawrence boy bring home from the war?
(a) Tom is dead.
(b) Shad is wounded.
(c) Bill is alive.
(d) Eb is dead.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Jenny when she gets married?

3. Which of the following is NOT something donated to the Creighton's after their barn is destroyed?

4. What battle was Shadrach wounded in?

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

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