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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 are Curzon and his companions force to eat in Chapter 16?
(a) Leather.
(b) Dry rice.
(c) Firecakes.
(d) Coffee grounds.

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

3. Why is there no food being served at the camp when Curzon's regiment arrives in Chapter 14?
(a) The meat is spoilt.
(b) The soldiers are being punished.
(c) The rain soaked everything.
(d) The food caught fire.

4. In what regiment is Eben assigned?
(a) The 4th New York Regiment.
(b) The 1st Rhode Island Regiment.
(c) The 12th New Hampshire Regiment.
(d) The 16th Massachusetts Regiment.

5. What is Eben's full name?
(a) Ebenezer Woodruff.
(b) Ebenezer Watson.
(c) Ebenezer Williams.
(d) Ebenezer Waterman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far away is the camp that Curzon must travel to while carrying a wounded soldier in Chapter 6?

3. How many British prisoners have been taken by the Patriots at Curzon's camp in Chapter 10?

4. Who is the Rhode Island General whose report to George Washington is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 15?

5. What regular pay is granted to Curzon when he enlists in Chapter 9?

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