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

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

3. Where is a known hide-out for deserters?
(a) Point Prospect.
(b) Point Protection.
(c) Perpetrator Point.
(d) Preservation Point.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Jethro write a letter to after finding Eb?

3. How does Shadrach feel about his general in Chapter 8?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that ruins the peace in Jethro's life after the war is ended?

2. What does Eb write about when he returns to his unit after deserting?

3. What does Jethro do when he hears about the end of the war?

4. What does Shadrach's aunt write to the Creighton family about?

5. Why do federal agents come to the Creighton farm?

6. How is Guy Wortman finally arrested?

7. Where does John see Bill, and why?

8. How does the county help the Creightons after their barn is burned down?

9. How do Jenny and Jethro follow what is happening in the war?

10. What helps Shadrach while he is with his aunt?

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