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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 ordered him.
(d) She asked nicely.

3. How old was James Vesey when he died?
(a) 42.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 32.

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

5. What was Emma ordered to dig?
(a) Traps.
(b) A gun pit.
(c) Irrigation trenches.
(d) Graves.

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

7. Whose mirror did Emma use to check her disguise in Chapter 5?
(a) Mrs. Butler's.
(b) The General's.
(c) The doctor's.
(d) The officer's lavatory.

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

9. 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.

10. What was the weather in the valley like during Emma's escape from the Confederate camp?
(a) Snowing.
(b) Raining.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Foggy.

11. What did Emma ask the captain of the mail boat to bring her?
(a) A rolling cart.
(b) A minstrel wig.
(c) A seamstresses dress.
(d) A man's gala suit.

12. 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 tried to sneak into the General's tent.
(c) She reapplied silver nitrate.
(d) She started to head back to the Union camp.

13. What was Emma's rank at the start of Chapter 2: March 19, 1862?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Captain.
(d) Private.

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

15. 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) Her brother.
(c) William Frost.
(d) One of the Union's top spies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the slaves give Emma?

2. What was nagging Emma when she enlisted?

3. Mrs. Butler was a descendant of ______________.

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

5. What were the slaves given for lunch?

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