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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. What year does Chapter 12 take place in?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1866.

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

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

4. Why does the Lawrence boy come home from the war in Chapter 7?
(a) His time is up.
(b) His commander heard about his father's death.
(c) He has a message to deliver.
(d) He is wounded.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led the Union Army in the battle of Gettysburg?

2. Where does Eb go after Lincoln gives the deserters amnesty?

3. How does Shadrach describe Grant in Chapter 11?

4. Who tells Jethro about Lincoln's assassination?

5. Who did General Hooker replace in the army?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is the first in the area to return from the war, and what news does he bring?

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

7. Where does John see Bill, and why?

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

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

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

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