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

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

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

4. Why are the people frustrated with the Union Army in Chapter 7?
(a) Their lack of aggression.
(b) Their lack of supplies.
(c) Their poor organization.
(d) Their poor treatment of the soldiers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do soldiers do as they pass through towns in Georgia?

2. Who led the Confederate Army in the battle of Gettysburg?

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

4. What battle was Shadrach wounded in?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What good news does John send his family about Bill?

4. Where does Jethro go at the end of the book and why?

5. What happens when men gather to build the Creightons' a new barn?

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

7. How is Guy Wortman finally arrested?

8. What does Shadrach write to Jethro about in Chapter 11?

9. What happens when Jenny goes to D.C.?

10. What makes Jethro less interested in his schooling at the beginning of Chapter 12?

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