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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 54 - 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is John Howard's letter addressed which opens Chapter 31?
(a) Jehu Grant.
(b) Daniel Granger.
(c) Henry Knox.
(d) Private Ezra Tilden.

2. How many men is Baron von Steuben training to march in unison in Chapter 45?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 500.
(d) 400.

3. What does Curzon describe eating for every meal before the next shipment of food arrives in Chapter 18?
(a) Vegetable soup.
(b) Firecakes and water.
(c) Canned beans.
(d) Mashed potatoes.

4. Who has become both wagon driver and errand runner for the inhabitants of Moore Hall in Chapter 49?
(a) Daniel Granger.
(b) Ebenezer Woodruff.
(c) Timothy Hubbard.
(d) Henry Laurens.

5. Who is the 17-year-old private whose journal is cited in the opening of Chapter 18?
(a) Private Daniel Granger.
(b) Private Joseph Plumb Martin.
(c) Private John Smith.
(d) Private Thomas Anbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is a battalion of black and Indian soldiers being assembled in Chapter 43?

2. In the end of Chapter 20, Eben asks Curzon if he knows how to cook what?

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

4. Who is the leader of France that has formally recognized the United States as an independent nation in Chapter 54?

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?

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