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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 57 spans from May 7, 1778 to what date?
(a) April 29, 1778.
(b) August 13, 1778.
(c) June 4, 1778.
(d) May 13, 1778.

2. What is Missus Cook's first name?
(a) Matilda.
(b) Anna.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Mary.

3. What causes issues with the preserving of meat being brought to the camp?
(a) Spread of smallpox.
(b) Lack of salt.
(c) Lack of ice.
(d) Lack of water.

4. On what date does Chapter 54 begin?
(a) May 1, 1778.
(b) June 4, 1778.
(c) April 29, 1778.
(d) July 13, 1778.

5. Whose letter to his brother Pierre describes the celebration of the French alliance in the opening of Chapter 56?
(a) Joseph Valentine.
(b) John Bannister.
(c) Colonel Philip van Cortlandt.
(d) Private Joseph Plumb Martin.

6. To what position does Missus Greene hope her husband will be appointed to after the war?
(a) German Ambassador.
(b) English Ambassador.
(c) Japanese Ambassador.
(d) French Ambassador.

7. Whose quotation from the book Domestic Medicine is cited in the opening of Chapter 49?
(a) Dr. Buchan's.
(b) Dr. Ross's.
(c) Dr. Kimble's.
(d) Dr. Dupre's.

8. On what date does Chapter 35 begin?
(a) February 14, 1778.
(b) December 22, 1777.
(c) June 1, 1778.
(d) February 7, 1778.

9. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 36 as "the first woman to write about her life in slavery" (169)?
(a) Abigail Adams.
(b) Eileen Woodruff.
(c) Mary Prince.
(d) Anna Gates.

10. To whom is General Nathaniel Greene's letter addressed which opens Chapter 48?
(a) Baron de Gaudy.
(b) Joseph Valentine.
(c) Hannah Glasse.
(d) Catharine Greene.

11. On what date does Chapter 32 open?
(a) February 13, 1778.
(b) June 1, 1778.
(c) February 7, 1778.
(d) February 11, 1778.

12. To what fort does General Greene set out in Chapter 58?
(a) The Fishkill Fort.
(b) Fort Sumpter.
(c) The Staten Island Fort.
(d) Fort Williams.

13. What date opens Chapter 29?
(a) June 1, 1778.
(b) January 19, 1778.
(c) February 12, 1778.
(d) December 22, 1777.

14. What span of days comprises Chapter 28?
(a) March 12, 1778 - April 1, 1778.
(b) February 7, 1778 - February 11, 1778.
(c) June 2, 1778 - June 14, 1778.
(d) July 12, 1778 - August 14, 1778.

15. What dates comprise Chapter 44?
(a) February 7, 1778 - February 11, 1778.
(b) March 12, 1778 - March 16, 1778.
(c) March 18, 1778 - March 22, 1778.
(d) February 23, 1778 - March 17, 1778.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Curzon say he was when a tailor came to the kitchen of the Bellingham house in the chapter titled "Before"?

2. Who is the author of The Art of Cookery, published in 1774?

3. Where does Missus Cook go to be with her family in Chapter 57?

4. Who is the leader of France that has formally recognized the United States as an independent nation in Chapter 54?

5. What kind of bird is kept in a cage in the kitchen of Moore Hall?

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