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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Emma tell the officer who asked her why she wasn't working?
(a) She wanted to work later.
(b) She worked earlier.
(c) She was tired.
(d) She hoped to get work in Richmond.

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

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

6. What disguise did Emma reject for her new assignment?
(a) A woman from Louisville.
(b) A nun.
(c) A Confederate soldier.
(d) A merchant.

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

8. What were the Michigan Volunteer Infantry also known as?
(a) The Union White.
(b) The Union Jack.
(c) The Union Grays.
(d) The Union Red.

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

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

11. What were the slaves delivering when they woke Emma?
(a) Documents to the 6th company commander.
(b) Mail to the soldiers.
(c) Food to the sentry.
(d) Ammunition to the front lines.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Emma observe before going inside the camp?

2. Where was James Vesey assigned to at the start of Chapter 3?

3. What were the Confederate soldiers building south of Richmond?

4. What did Emma give as a bribe to the slave with whom she switched assignments?

5. How long did the journey to the confederate camp take at the start of Chapter 6?

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