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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous historical figure did Emma see a few times?
(a) General Lee.
(b) Henry Anderson.
(c) General Grant.
(d) President Lincoln.

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

3. How old was Emma when she ran away from home?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 23.
(d) 21.

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

5. How did James Vesey die?
(a) He was shot in the neck.
(b) He killed himself.
(c) He fell from his horse.
(d) He was stabbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the soldiers anxious?

2. Who tried to discourage Emma from going on the battlefield at the start of Chapter 4?

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

4. What city was key to the Union Army's strategy in the early days of the war?

5. Who led the Potomac Army in March 1862?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Emma do in the medical tent?

2. What was the Union Army foregoing?

3. How did a corporal give Emma a way out of the Confederate camp?

4. What were Quaker guns?

5. Whom did Emma bribe and who helped her?

6. Who joined Company B at the start of Chapter 3 and what would it mean for Emma?

7. Who did Emma find upon waking?

8. What did Emma remind herself of when she looked at the Confederate's campfires?

9. Who led Emma through the camp?

10. Who helped Emma at the start of Chapter 4?

(see the answer keys)

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