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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 27 - 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose shoes "fell apart completely" (96) when he has left the tent in Chapter 19?
(a) Silvenus's.
(b) Eben's.
(c) Curzon's.
(d) Greenlaw's.

2. What word is defined in the dictionary entry that opens Chapter 24?
(a) Iron.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) Steel.
(d) Gold.

3. What dates are denoted in the opening of Chapter 23?
(a) December 31, 1777 - January 1, 1778.
(b) February 7, 1778 - February 11, 1778.
(c) February 23, 1778 - March 17, 1778.
(d) March 18, 1778 - March 22, 1778.

4. What date is denoted at the opening of the Prelude?
(a) October 7, 1777.
(b) January 19, 1777.
(c) March 13, 1777.
(d) April 29, 1778.

5. To whom is John Howard's letter addressed which opens Chapter 31?
(a) Henry Knox.
(b) Daniel Granger.
(c) Private Ezra Tilden.
(d) Jehu Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Benny say he was supposed to be enrolling in college this winter in Chapter 18?

2. Who is described in Chapter 11 as "a stoop-shouldered son of a fisherman who liked to draw" (54)?

3. Whose letter from Valley Forge is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 23?

4. Whose boots does Curzon intend to wear when meeting Bellingham in Chapter 31?

5. What does John Burns demand from Curzon in Chapter 27?

(see the answer key)

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