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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) Private Ezra Tilden's.
(b) British Ensign Thomas Anbury's.
(c) General Gates's.
(d) Mayor Henry Dearborn's.

2. Who is the Rhode Island slave whose pension application is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 4?
(a) Ebenezer Woodruff.
(b) Ezra Tilden.
(c) Jehu Grant.
(d) Thomas Anbury.

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

4. Who receives Sergeant Woodruff's boots in Chapter 24?
(a) Eben.
(b) Silvenus.
(c) Aaron Barry.
(d) Curzon.

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

6. Who is the New Hampshire Major whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 5?
(a) Major Henry Dearborn.
(b) Major Jehu Grant.
(c) Major Ebenezer Woodruff.
(d) Major Thomas Anbury.

7. Of whom does Curzon say in Chapter 11, "His rude manner declared him my enemy the first time he clapped eyes on me" (54)?
(a) Hugh Faulkner.
(b) John Burns.
(c) Luke Greenlaw.
(d) Peter Brown.

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

9. Who is the burly lad who claims to see Noah on the Hudson in Chapter 11?
(a) Silvenus.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Greenlaw.
(d) Burns.

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

11. What do Curzon and his fellow soldiers use to mark a line on their sleeves to denote mourning in Chapter 23?
(a) Ink.
(b) Blood.
(c) Charcoal.
(d) Mud.

12. What was Benny preparing to study in college before he joined the war efforts?
(a) Pre-med.
(b) History.
(c) Biology.
(d) Law.

13. What is Sergeant Woodruff's first name?
(a) Peter.
(b) John.
(c) Caleb.
(d) Paul.

14. Who is the Sergeant of the First Rhode Island Regiment that is quoted in the opening of Chapter 11?
(a) Sergeant Jehu Grant.
(b) Sergeant Thomas Anbury.
(c) Sergeant John Smith.
(d) Sergeant Henry Dearborn.

15. 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) Ebenezer Woodruff.
(b) Jehu Grant.
(c) Ezra Tilden.
(d) Daniel Granger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the New Hampshire Major whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 10?

3. What date opens Chapter 3?

4. What food does the sergeant obtain and distribute to his regiment in Chapter 18?

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

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