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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Emma's escort leave her?
(a) At the river crossing.
(b) At the gates of the Confederate camp.
(c) Half-way through the woods.
(d) At the end of the encampment proper.

2. What did Emma do before sleeping on the first night inside the Confederate camp?
(a) She sent a message back to the Union Camp.
(b) She reapplied silver nitrate.
(c) She tried to sneak into the General's tent.
(d) She started to head back to the Union camp.

3. What were the slaves doing when they woke Emma?
(a) Telling jokes.
(b) Plotting an escape.
(c) Singing.
(d) Talking.

4. Where did Emma say she was born when enrolling as Franklin Thompson?
(a) New York City.
(b) St John, Canada.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Montreal, Canada.

5. Who helped Emma study for the covert operation?
(a) A defecting Confederate soldier.
(b) Major Butler.
(c) Major Crams.
(d) Mrs. Butler.

6. What were "Quaker guns"?
(a) Log painted black to look like cannons.
(b) Cereals.
(c) Gatling guns.
(d) Powder storage.

7. What type of hair did Emma have for her disguise?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Straight.
(c) White.
(d) Curly.

8. What famous building did Emma witness the construction of?
(a) The Capitol.
(b) The Erie Canal.
(c) The Transcontinental Railway.
(d) The White House.

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

10. What did Emma observe before going inside the camp?
(a) Two sentries talking.
(b) The rhythm of the sentry.
(c) The slave pen.
(d) The canon placement.

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

12. Where did the Union soldiers gather according to Seymour Reit in Chapter 1?
(a) The Flint leather factory.
(b) The Flint Courthouse.
(c) The Flint prison.
(d) The Flint train depot.

13. What sight had become familiar to Emma?
(a) Young men playing cards.
(b) Doctors amputating limbs.
(c) Merchants in the Camp.
(d) Burying dead soldiers.

14. Whom did Emma have as an escort on her way out of the camp?
(a) The General.
(b) Two armed men.
(c) The adjutant.
(d) Mrs. Butler.

15. How many volunteers did President Lincoln asked for?
(a) 55,000.
(b) 75,000.
(c) 105,000.
(d) 25,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Emma darken her skin?

2. What was the weather in the valley like during Emma's escape from the Confederate camp?

3. What disguise did Emma finally settle on?

4. What rank did the Chaplain have in the Army?

5. What were the slaves delivering when they woke Emma?

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