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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Curzon say Isabel ran off with their money in Chapter 1?
(a) June.
(b) October.
(c) August.
(d) May.

2. What date opens Chapter 3?
(a) June 2, 1777.
(b) October 7, 1777.
(c) September 12, 1777.
(d) March 3, 1778.

3. What last name does Curzon give when he enlists in the armed services?
(a) Bond.
(b) Berry.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Smith.

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

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

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

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

8. To whom is George Washington's letter addressed that is cited in the opening of Chapter 19?
(a) Daniel Granger.
(b) Joseph Plumb Martin.
(c) Thomas Anbury.
(d) John Bannister.

9. What is the name of the larger hill behind Mount Joy?
(a) Mount Vernon.
(b) Mount Misery.
(c) Mount Casper.
(d) Mount Rose.

10. Who does Eben say he has gotten into a fight with in Chapter 23?
(a) John Burns.
(b) Aaron Barry.
(c) Thomas Anbury.
(d) Henry Knox.

11. What date is denoted at the opening of Chapter 15?
(a) December 22, 1777.
(b) March 13, 1777.
(c) October 7, 1777.
(d) June 1, 1778.

12. What word is defined in the dictionary entry that opens Chapter 24?
(a) Gold.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) Steel.
(d) Iron.

13. How far is the camp at Valley Forge from Philadelphia?
(a) 6 miles.
(b) 12 miles.
(c) 67 miles.
(d) 18 miles.

14. What is the name of Eben's aunt who says that people like Trumbull are trouble in Chapter 9?
(a) Aunt Edna.
(b) Aunt Jenny.
(c) Aunt Sarah.
(d) Aunt Patience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the New Hampshire Major whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 5?

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

3. What is contained in the wooden box that Curzon takes from the dead redcoat in Chapter 4?

4. Who does Isabel want to find in Charleston in the Prelude?

5. What does the British Army do at the end of Chapter 5?

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