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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the washerwoman drummed from the camp in Chapter 15?
(a) For adultery.
(b) For murder.
(c) For stealing.
(d) For espionage.

2. 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) Daniel Granger.
(c) Ebenezer Woodruff.
(d) Ezra Tilden.

3. Who is the New Hampshire Major whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 10?
(a) Major Thomas Anbury.
(b) Major Daniel Granger.
(c) Major Henry Dearborn.
(d) Major Ebenezer Woodruff.

4. What is the countersign for "Windsor" in Chapter 20?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Millford.
(c) Palace.
(d) Hartford.

5. Who are assigned digging a privy trench for the camp in Chapter 17?
(a) Jack and Paul.
(b) The Janack twins.
(c) Silvenus and Eben.
(d) John and Roger.

6. What does Curzon describe his regiment eating for dinner after working on the cabin in Chapter 19?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Potato soup.
(c) Fried eggs.
(d) Pea soup.

7. What has Sergeant Woodruff using when he was injured in Chapter 22?
(a) A shovel.
(b) A kitchen knife.
(c) An axe.
(d) A gun.

8. Whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 3, describing the Second Battle of Saratoga?
(a) Major Henry Dearborn's.
(b) Jehu Grant's.
(c) Private Ezra Tilden's.
(d) Thomas Anbury's.

9. What additional item does the cook at Eben's camp give Curzon when he asks for more food in Chapter 8?
(a) A baked potato.
(b) A bowl of pudding.
(c) A bowl of rice.
(d) A hunk of cheese.

10. Who is described in Chapter 11 as "a farm boy said to be the fastest runner in the brigade" (54)?
(a) Curzon Smith.
(b) Peter Brown.
(c) Silvenus.
(d) Luke Greenlaw.

11. What date is denoted at the opening of the Prelude?
(a) October 7, 1777.
(b) March 13, 1777.
(c) April 29, 1778.
(d) January 19, 1777.

12. How far away is the camp that Curzon must travel to while carrying a wounded soldier in Chapter 6?
(a) Ten miles.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Six miles.
(d) Four miles.

13. How many British prisoners have been taken by the Patriots at Curzon's camp in Chapter 10?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 7,000.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 1,000.

14. In the end of Chapter 20, Eben asks Curzon if he knows how to cook what?
(a) An egg.
(b) An eggplant.
(c) A pancake.
(d) A pumpkin.

15. Whose journal is cited in the opening of Chapter 21?
(a) Private Ezra Tilden's.
(b) Joseph Plumb Martin's.
(c) Thomas Anbury's.
(d) Private George Ewing's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eben say he has gotten into a fight with in Chapter 23?

2. What is the name of the "fusspot old tailor with watery eyes" (47) who appears in Chapter 10?

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

4. To whom is George Washington's letter addressed that opens Chapter 20?

5. What was Benny preparing to study in college before he joined the war efforts?

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