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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Shadrach serving under in Chapter 8?

2. Where is Shadrach when Jenny comes to be with him?

3. Who does Shad plan to vote for in the next presidential election?

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

5. Why has Jethro stopped concentrating on his lessons in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does John see Bill, and why?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Jethro get upset about when the men are talking after building the new barn?

8. What does John write about at the beginning of Chapter 11?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Guy Wortman and Dave Burdow are two characters who are very similar in their natures, but are markedly different in other ways. Use some examples from the text to compare and contrast these two dynamic characters.

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