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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Eben's full name?
(a) Ebenezer Watson.
(b) Ebenezer Woodruff.
(c) Ebenezer Waterman.
(d) Ebenezer Williams.

2. What do they give to Sergeant Woodruff before they pack him on a litter to take him to get medical care in Chapter 22?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A half-bottle of rum.
(c) A beer.
(d) A bottle of vodka.

3. What does Curzon insist the young rebel soldier do in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Drink water.
(b) Run away.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Tell him his name.

4. To whom is George Washington's letter addressed that opens Chapter 20?
(a) Jehu Grant.
(b) Sergeant John Smith.
(c) Henry Laurens.
(d) Thomas Anbury.

5. Why is there no food being served at the camp when Curzon's regiment arrives in Chapter 14?
(a) The soldiers are being punished.
(b) The food caught fire.
(c) The meat is spoilt.
(d) The rain soaked everything.

6. What animals does Curzon describe as the most fearful to him in the forest in Chapter 1?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Alligators.
(c) Boar.
(d) Bears.

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

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

9. What troops does Curzon say have the most black soldiers of all the states in the camp in Chapter 7?
(a) The Georgia troops.
(b) The Maryland troops.
(c) The New Jersey troops.
(d) The Connecticut troops.

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

11. Who has ordered several companies out of camp to harass the British in Chapter 7?
(a) General Hebert.
(b) General Watts.
(c) General Gates.
(d) Major Henry Dearborn.

12. What is Captain Russell's profession?
(a) He is a policeman.
(b) He is a lawyer.
(c) He is a professor.
(d) He is a banker.

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

14. What food does the sergeant obtain and distribute to his regiment in Chapter 18?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Rice.
(d) Beans.

15. Where did Curzon serve for Judge Bellingham?
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Portland.
(d) Hackensack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has Sergeant Woodruff using when he was injured in Chapter 22?

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

4. Who is the 17-year-old private whose journal is cited in the opening of Chapter 18?

5. Whose letter from Valley Forge is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 23?

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