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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 37 - 44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word is defined in the dictionary entry that opens Chapter 24?
(a) Steel.
(b) Iron.
(c) Emancipation.
(d) Gold.

2. How old did James Bellingham turn on the birthday described by Curzon in "Before"?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

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

4. Of whom does Curzon say in Chapter 11, "His rude manner declared him my enemy the first time he clapped eyes on me" (54)?
(a) Luke Greenlaw.
(b) John Burns.
(c) Hugh Faulkner.
(d) Peter Brown.

5. Who gives the nod for the soldiers to begin filling Sergeant Woodruff's grave in Chapter 23?
(a) Captain Greene.
(b) Captain Stanwell.
(c) Captain Ross.
(d) Captain Thomas Anbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Isabel's little sister?

2. Whose letter from Valley Forge is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 23?

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

4. Who is given Sergeant Woodruff's pencil nubs after he dies?

5. Who is the surgeon whose diary entry is cited in the opening if Chapter 28?

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