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

2. Who is the Rhode Island slave whose pension application is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 4?
(a) Ebenezer Woodruff.
(b) Jehu Grant.
(c) Thomas Anbury.
(d) Ezra Tilden.

3. With how many soldiers does Curzon share his tent after enlisting in Chapter 10?
(a) Ten.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

4. Who is the burly lad who claims to see Noah on the Hudson in Chapter 11?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Burns.
(c) Silvenus.
(d) Greenlaw.

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) Daniel Granger.
(b) Ebenezer Woodruff.
(c) Jehu Grant.
(d) Ezra Tilden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Sergeant of the First Rhode Island Regiment that is quoted in the opening of Chapter 11?

2. What is Eben's full name?

3. What date is denoted at the opening of the Prelude?

4. In what regiment is Eben assigned?

5. What is Sergeant Woodruff's first name?

(see the answer key)

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