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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. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 36 as "the first woman to write about her life in slavery" (169)?
(a) Eileen Woodruff.
(b) Anna Gates.
(c) Abigail Adams.
(d) Mary Prince.

2. What is the name of the "fusspot old tailor with watery eyes" (47) who appears in Chapter 10?
(a) Eben.
(b) Greenlaw.
(c) Burns.
(d) Silvenus.

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

4. Where is a battalion of black and Indian soldiers being assembled in Chapter 43?
(a) Vermont.
(b) New York.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Rhode Island.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does the sergeant obtain and distribute to his regiment in Chapter 18?

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

3. Whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 3, describing the Second Battle of Saratoga?

4. 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?

5. Who is described in Chapter 11 as "a farm boy said to be the fastest runner in the brigade" (54)?

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