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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 was Emma doing when she saw the line of Union Soldiers?

2. Who was the Confederate Army's new commander at the battle of Richmond?

3. How did Mrs. Butler make Emma's air look gray?

4. Why did Emma refuse to go to the hospital for her wound?

5. Where did Emma spend the first night of her second mission?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened when the bridge was completed according to Chapter 11?

3. What did Emma learn about Aylesworth?

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

5. What did General McClellan give Emma and why?

6. What was Emma determined to do?

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

8. What did General McClellan order and what happened?

9. Upon entering the camp, whom did Emma meet with at the start of Chapter 8?

10. By whom was the Confederate Army strengthened?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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