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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the slaves kept at night?

2. What type of clothes did Emma wear for her disguise?

3. What did Emma Edmonds do to avoid being discovered as a female?

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

5. Why did Emma volunteer for the spy assignment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did a Confederate officer ask Cuff at the camp?

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

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

5. What did Emma decide was too risky?

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

7. For what did Emma choose to volunteer?

8. What did Emma observe according to Chapter 6?

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

10. Whom did Emma bribe and who helped her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Take two Generals, one from the Union Army and the other from the Confederate Army, discussed in "Behind Rebel Lines." Compare their styles of leadership and achievements.

Essay Topic 2

At the beginning of "Behind Rebel Lines," President Lincoln called for young men to take up arms in support of the Union. Examine the role President Abraham Lincoln had in the Civil War, even before he was sworn into office.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact that Emma's illness had on her role in the Union Army and the ramifications of being listed as AWOL.

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