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

2. What is the name of Eben's aunt who says that people like Trumbull are trouble in Chapter 9?
(a) Aunt Jenny.
(b) Aunt Sarah.
(c) Aunt Patience.
(d) Aunt Edna.

3. Whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 7?
(a) Mayor Henry Dearborn's.
(b) Private Ezra Tilden's.
(c) General Gates's.
(d) British Ensign Thomas Anbury's.

4. What last name does Curzon give when he enlists in the armed services?
(a) Berry.
(b) Smith.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Bond.

5. The author opens Chapter 9 with an excerpt of a journal from a soldier who enlisted in the Continental Army at the age of 13. What was his name?
(a) Ezra Tilden.
(b) Ebenezer Woodruff.
(c) Jehu Grant.
(d) Daniel Granger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Patriot soldiers do as the British prisoners are marched in, in Chapter 10?

2. Who is attributed to the quote that opens Chapter 2?

3. How old does Curzon claim to be when enlisting in Chapter 9?

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

5. Whose quote describing the Battles of Saratoga opens Chapter 6?

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