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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 New Jersey troops.
(c) The Connecticut troops.
(d) The Maryland troops.

5. How does Curzon help the Patriot soldier when he faces off against the redcoat in Chapter 2?
(a) He throws water on the redcoat.
(b) He shoots the redcoat in the leg.
(c) He trips the redcoat.
(d) He throws a rock at the redcoat.

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

7. What is contained in the wooden box that Curzon takes from the dead redcoat in Chapter 4?
(a) A necklace.
(b) Silver spoons.
(c) A ring.
(d) A compass.

8. Where is the company from that wins the cabin-building contest in Chapter 22?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Rhode Island.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Eben when his father sent him to live with his uncle?

2. What does Curzon insist the young rebel soldier do in the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. What is Eben's full name?

4. Where does Benny say he was supposed to be enrolling in college this winter in Chapter 18?

5. When does Curzon say Isabel ran off with their money in Chapter 1?

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