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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does Eben take Curzon to eat at camp in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Oranges and cherries.
(b) Firecakes and water.
(c) Chicken stew and biscuits.
(d) Potato soup and bread.

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

3. Who is the American Ambassador in France that Thomas Paine's letter is addressed to in the opening of Chapter 22?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Henry Knox.
(c) John Bannister.
(d) Thomas Anbury.

4. What additional item does the cook at Eben's camp give Curzon when he asks for more food in Chapter 8?
(a) A bowl of pudding.
(b) A hunk of cheese.
(c) A baked potato.
(d) A bowl of rice.

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

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

7. What does Curzon describe his regiment eating for dinner after working on the cabin in Chapter 19?
(a) Pea soup.
(b) Fried eggs.
(c) Bacon.
(d) Potato soup.

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

9. Whose journal is cited in the opening of Chapter 21?
(a) Joseph Plumb Martin's.
(b) Thomas Anbury's.
(c) Private George Ewing's.
(d) Private Ezra Tilden's.

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

11. Where does Benny say he was supposed to be enrolling in college this winter in Chapter 18?
(a) Harvard College.
(b) Princeton College.
(c) Yale College.
(d) Emerson College.

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

13. Who gives the nod for the soldiers to begin filling Sergeant Woodruff's grave in Chapter 23?
(a) Captain Thomas Anbury.
(b) Captain Stanwell.
(c) Captain Ross.
(d) Captain Greene.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the felt hat that Curzon purchases in Chapter 11?

2. What last name does Curzon give when he enlists in the armed services?

3. Whose shoes "fell apart completely" (96) when he has left the tent in Chapter 19?

4. What are Curzon and his companions force to eat in Chapter 16?

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

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