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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 month was the Gettysburg Address delivered in?
(a) May.
(b) September.
(c) November.
(d) July.

2. What do Ellen and Nancy do for the men who help build their barn?
(a) Promise them portions of the harvest.
(b) Pay them some money.
(c) Make dinner.
(d) Hold a dance.

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

4. Who is Shadrach serving under in Chapter 8?
(a) General Harvey.
(b) General McCLellan.
(c) General Hacket.
(d) General Grant.

5. What does Jethro use to help him understand what is happening during the war?
(a) Newspaper articles.
(b) Shad's map.
(c) Bill's letters.
(d) A geography book.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are the strange noises in the woods coming from while Jethro is working in the field?

3. Under what political party does Lincoln run?

4. What month does the battle at Chancellorsville take place?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Guy Wortman finally arrested?

4. How does Shadrach feel about his leaders in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

8. What happens when Jethro hears strange noises from the woods while working in the fields one day?

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

10. Where does John see Bill, and why?

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