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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does John's family decide to stay with Ellen?
(a) They are worried about Matt dying.
(b) Their dog went missing.
(c) They are low on food.
(d) Jethro needs the help.

2. What is the name of John's wife?
(a) Nellie.
(b) Natalie.
(c) Nicole.
(d) Nancy.

3. How was Jethro's well made unusable?
(a) Dave Burdow poured sand and stones in it.
(b) Guy Wortman poured coal oil in it.
(c) A sick animal died in it.
(d) A flood moved large stones over the top of it.

4. How does the community feel about Bill's views?
(a) They respect him.
(b) They are suspicious of him.
(c) They are ashamed of him.
(d) They resent them.

5. What does Jenny receive that she does not want to share with Jethro?
(a) A book.
(b) Some bread.
(c) A letter.
(d) Some candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jethro feel as he listens to his brothers argue about the war?

2. What will Jethro's father be doing while Jethro is in town?

3. What is the name of the closest town to Jethro's house?

4. What is the name of Jethro's mother?

5. What do many of Tom's friends do when the weather gets warm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Jethro and his mother feel about the onset of the Civil War?

2. Where does Shardach live, and why is this arrangement so unique?

3. Which side of the debate does Ellen's nephew believe in?

4. What does Tom say in his first letter home from the war?

5. What happens when Jenny receives a personal letter from Shadrach?

6. How does the nation respond to the beginning of the war?

7. What does Bill choose to do at the end of Chapter 3, and why?

8. What happens to the farm while Matt is ill?

9. What reward does Jethro get at the beginning of the book?

10. What does Bill think about the issues of the war?

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