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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. What did Emma do while waiting for Major McKee?

2. Who attacked the cavalry unit Emma brought a message to in Chapter 11?

3. Why did Emma find shelter in a house during her second mission?

4. When did the Army of the Potomac take Yorktown?

5. Whom did Charles Mayberry.catch the attention of at the gala?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Emma tell Ayelsworth according to Chapter 14, and how did he respond?

2. What happened when Emma was treating a wounded soldier in the enemy's camp?

3. What was Emma given and why?

4. What did General McClellan order and what happened?

5. What was Emma's reward for her actions in Chapter 14?

6. What happened when Emma returned to the Union Camp?

7. By whom was the Confederate Army strengthened?

8. Why was Emma given a two week furlough, and what did she do according to Chapter 12?

9. What was Emma's mission in Kentucky?

10. What did Emma learn about Aylesworth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Vesey and Emma prior to the Civil War and examine the impact that Lieutenant Vesey's unexpected death had on Emma.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why some people thought that Emma Edmonds' account of the Civil War was scandalous and how W.S. Williams defended her.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the battles discussed in "Behind Rebel Lines" and compare the events leading up to the battle, the obstacles encountered, casualties, and the result of the battle.

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