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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 8 - 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does Eben take Curzon to eat at camp in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Oranges and cherries.
(b) Potato soup and bread.
(c) Chicken stew and biscuits.
(d) Firecakes and water.

2. What does Curzon insist the young rebel soldier do in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Run away.
(b) Drink water.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Tell him his name.

3. What animals does Curzon describe as the most fearful to him in the forest in Chapter 1?
(a) Boar.
(b) Alligators.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Bears.

4. What is Sergeant Woodruff's first name?
(a) John.
(b) Caleb.
(c) Peter.
(d) Paul.

5. Who has ordered several companies out of camp to harass the British in Chapter 7?
(a) Major Henry Dearborn.
(b) General Gates.
(c) General Hebert.
(d) General Watts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what prison had Isabel freed Curzon in the novel's Prelude?

3. How many months have passed between the Prelude and Chapter 1?

4. Whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 7?

5. What is contained in the wooden box that Curzon takes from the dead redcoat in Chapter 4?

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