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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Emma and James first meet?
(a) Canada.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Illinois.

2. What type of clothes did Emma wear for her disguise?
(a) A robe.
(b) Patched overalls.
(c) A nice suit.
(d) A dress.

3. Why couldn't Emma work in the trenches the second morning after her arrival at the Confederate camp according to Chapter 7?
(a) Her hands were blistered.
(b) She needed to head back to the Union Camp.
(c) She broke her arm.
(d) She needed to do more spying.

4. What was the name of the head surgeon?
(a) Dr. Young.
(b) Dr. Rhum.
(c) Dr. Hodes.
(d) Dr. Marks.

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

6. What allowed Emma to leave the camp at night?
(a) She was recruited as a courier.
(b) She needed to bury another slave.
(c) She was recruited as a sentry.
(d) She needed to dig a trench.

7. What show did Emma remember seeing in Washington?
(a) A minstrel show.
(b) An African-American shopkeeper.
(c) A slave.
(d) A female merchant.

8. What rank did the Chaplain have in the Army?
(a) Major.
(b) Colonel.
(c) General.
(d) Captain.

9. What name did Emma take for her first spy assignment?
(a) Biff.
(b) Cliff.
(c) Buff.
(d) Cuff.

10. How long did the journey to the confederate camp take at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Two days.
(b) Several hours.
(c) One week.
(d) 24 minutes.

11. What city did Emma have time to visit before her deployment?
(a) Memphis.
(b) New York.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Washington.

12. What did Emma give as a bribe to the slave with whom she switched assignments?
(a) Money.
(b) Release papers.
(c) A watch.
(d) A pen knife.

13. What did the Confederate spy brag about?
(a) Stealing secret plans.
(b) Luring a Union patrol into ambushes.
(c) Sabotaging Union canons.
(d) Killing two officers.

14. How did Emma convince the captain of the mail boat to bring her what she needed?
(a) She threatened to report him to the general.
(b) She bribed him.
(c) She asked nicely.
(d) She ordered him.

15. What did Mrs. Butler decide to do when she learned of Emma's secret?
(a) She told her husband.
(b) Blackmail her for money.
(c) Tell no-one.
(d) She tried to dissuade her from continuing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Michigan Volunteer Infantry also known as?

2. How did James Vesey die?

3. What was Emma required to take after being cleared for her new duties?

4. Whom did Emma have as an escort on her way out of the camp?

5. What famous building did Emma witness the construction of?

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