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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Curzon say had been taken to the Yellow Springs hospital for the bloody flux in Chapter 22?
(a) Peter Brown.
(b) Thomas Anbury.
(c) Henry Knox.
(d) Eben.

4. Who is described in Chapter 11 as "a stoop-shouldered son of a fisherman who liked to draw" (54)?
(a) William Anderson.
(b) Luke Greenlaw.
(c) John Brown.
(d) Hugh Faulkner.

5. How many months have passed between the Prelude and Chapter 1?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Nine.

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

7. How much is the reward for the builders that complete the first hut at the camp in Chapter 17?
(a) $20.
(b) $15.
(c) $12.
(d) $34.

8. Who is addressed in the letter from George Washington that is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 14?
(a) Sergeant John Smith.
(b) Thomas Anbury.
(c) Henry Laurens.
(d) Daniel Granger.

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

10. What dates are denoted in the opening of Chapter 23?
(a) February 23, 1778 - March 17, 1778.
(b) March 18, 1778 - March 22, 1778.
(c) February 7, 1778 - February 11, 1778.
(d) December 31, 1777 - January 1, 1778.

11. What does the British Army do at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) The press forward.
(b) They retreat.
(c) They successully bomb the American fort.
(d) The double reinforcements.

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

13. What do the Patriot soldiers do as the British prisoners are marched in, in Chapter 10?
(a) The jeer and throw things.
(b) They stand in silence.
(c) They kneel on one knee.
(d) They sing.

14. Who is given Sergeant Woodruff's pencil nubs after he dies?
(a) Greenlaw.
(b) Eben.
(c) Curzon.
(d) Hugh Faukner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does Curzon say in Chapter 11, "His rude manner declared him my enemy the first time he clapped eyes on me" (54)?

2. What object does Curzon weep over having lost in Chapter 6?

3. In what month does Curzon say he fell in love with Isabel in the chapter titled "Before"?

4. Who is the Rhode Island General whose report to George Washington is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 15?

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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