View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose mirror did Emma use to check her disguise in Chapter 5?

2. What was nagging Emma when she enlisted?

3. What did Emma think she would have to do if James recognized her?

4. What city did Emma have time to visit before her deployment?

5. How many volunteers did President Lincoln asked for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom did Emma recognize in the Confederate camp and what did she wonder?

2. What happened during the review panel?

3. What did Emma do to her skin at the start of Chapter 5?

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

5. For what did Emma choose to volunteer?

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

7. What was training like for Emma and her fellow recruits?

8. In whom did Emma choose to confide?

9. Why did Emma bribe a kitchen worker and what opportunity did it give her according to Chapter 7?

10. How did Emma Edmonds identify herself, and what role did she request at the recruitment office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the significance of the Union win when General Lee surrendered to General Grant.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of spies in attaining information on the enemy, including what tactics were used in the Civil War.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the term biography and discuss how the book, "Behind Rebel Lines" fits into this genre.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 554 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample