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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. Where does Benny say he was supposed to be enrolling in college this winter in Chapter 18?
(a) Princeton College.
(b) Harvard College.
(c) Yale College.
(d) Emerson College.

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

3. What word from the novel refers to Germans who served but were not incorporated into the British Army?
(a) Nazis.
(b) Hessians.
(c) Recons.
(d) Infidels.

4. What does Eben use to cover his uncle's face before he is buried in Chapter 23?
(a) His blanket.
(b) His shirt sleeve.
(c) His jacket.
(d) His hat.

5. Whose quote describing the Battles of Saratoga opens Chapter 6?
(a) British Ensign Thomas Anbury's.
(b) Private Ezra Tilden's.
(c) Major Henry Dearborn's.
(d) Jehu Grant's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is the camp at Valley Forge from Philadelphia?

2. To whom is John Laurens' letter addressed which opens Chapter 43?

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

4. What date opens Chapter 29?

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

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