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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: March 31, 1862.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the soldiers certain would only last three weeks?
(a) The presidency of Abraham Lincoln.
(b) The war.
(c) Their trip.
(d) The construction of the train line.

2. What did Emma Edmonds do to avoid being discovered as a female?
(a) She didn't talk.
(b) She pulled her cap down low.
(c) She drew a beard.
(d) She put padding in her sleeves.

3. How did Emma test her new identity out?
(a) She went to the General's tent.
(b) She went to the medical tent.
(c) She went to Mrs. Butler's tent.
(d) She went to the officer's mess.

4. What did she Emma see flickering across the valley?
(a) The lights of the Confederate camp.
(b) The lights of Richmond.
(c) The flash of the canons shelling the Union camp.
(d) The lights of the Confederate Navy.

5. Who tried to discourage Emma from going on the battlefield at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Mrs. Butler.
(b) The Chaplain.
(c) Dr. Hodes.
(d) Genral McClellan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why couldn't Emma work in the trenches the second morning after her arrival at the Confederate camp according to Chapter 7?

2. How old was Emma when she ran away from home?

3. How were spies executed?

4. What was Emma's rank at the start of Chapter 2: March 19, 1862?

5. How did Emma convince the captain of the mail boat to bring her what she needed?

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