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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 14 - 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Curzon describe eating for every meal before the next shipment of food arrives in Chapter 18?
(a) Vegetable soup.
(b) Canned beans.
(c) Firecakes and water.
(d) Mashed potatoes.

2. What is Curzon's actual age when he enlists in the armed services?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

3. How does Curzon help the Patriot soldier when he faces off against the redcoat in Chapter 2?
(a) He throws water on the redcoat.
(b) He trips the redcoat.
(c) He throws a rock at the redcoat.
(d) He shoots the redcoat in the leg.

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

5. How many months have passed between the Prelude and Chapter 1?
(a) Two.
(b) Nine.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sergeant Woodruff's first name?

2. What troops does Curzon say have the most black soldiers of all the states in the camp in Chapter 7?

3. Who is the New Hampshire Major whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 5?

4. Who is the Rhode Island slave whose pension application is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 4?

5. How much is the reward for the builders that complete the first hut at the camp in Chapter 17?

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