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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Emma's father resentful?
(a) Emma was a tomboy.
(b) Emma was not a boy.
(c) Emma ran from Canada.
(d) Emma didn't know how to cook.

2. What were the slaves allowed to do after dinner?
(a) Play ball.
(b) Wander the camp.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Drink water.

3. What was Emma accustomed to wearing?
(a) Leather shoes.
(b) Dresses.
(c) A girly hat.
(d) Men's clothes.

4. What was Emma accused of holding like a mop?
(a) Her musket.
(b) Her knife.
(c) Her horse.
(d) Her canteen.

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

6. Mrs. Butler was a descendant of ______________.
(a) A Boston high society family.
(b) A Irish family.
(c) A rugged pioneer family.
(d) A military family.

7. What did Emma think she would have to do if James recognized her?
(a) Let him in on the secret.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Lie to him.
(d) Bribe him.

8. Whose execution did Emma hear about a few days after telling Mrs. Butler of her secret?
(a) The second in command of the Potomac Army.
(b) William Frost.
(c) One of the Union's top spies.
(d) Her brother.

9. Who visited the camp prior to Emma's arrival?
(a) A Union Ambassador.
(b) President Davis.
(c) General Robert E. Lee
(d) A priest.

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

11. Why were the soldiers anxious?
(a) To go off to war.
(b) A spy was among them.
(c) Most never took the train.
(d) They were not given food.

12. How many personnel constituted the medical team?
(a) 14.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

13. What disguise did Emma finally settle on?
(a) A singer.
(b) A Canadian merchant.
(c) A slave.
(d) A seamstress.

14. To whom did Emma bring food?
(a) Front line soldiers.
(b) Sentries.
(c) The crews manning the heavy artillery.
(d) Other slaves.

15. How were runaway slaves executed?
(a) They were left to die of exposure.
(b) They were hung.
(c) They were thrown in the river.
(d) They were shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what army was the Michigan Volunteer Infantry assigned?

2. Who helped Emma study for the covert operation?

3. How did Emma test her new identity out?

4. What were "Quaker guns"?

5. Whom did Emma recognize that turned out to be a Confederate spy?

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