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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Curzon describe eating for every meal before the next shipment of food arrives in Chapter 18?
(a) Vegetable soup.
(b) Canned beans.
(c) Mashed potatoes.
(d) Firecakes and water.

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

3. 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 vodka.
(b) A half-bottle of rum.
(c) A beer.
(d) A bottle of wine.

4. Who is attributed to the quote that opens Chapter 2?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Ben Franklin.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the larger hill behind Mount Joy?

2. In what regiment is Eben assigned?

3. What word is defined in the dictionary entry that opens Chapter 24?

4. Where did Curzon serve for Judge Bellingham?

5. Why is the washerwoman drummed from the camp in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the five men with whom Curzon shares a tent once his regiment sets out in Chapter 11?

2. What is the general setting of the novel? When does it begin and end?

3. How does Curzon describe the ingredients, cooking method, and taste of firecakes?

4. How is Benjamin Edwards described?

5. What are the circumstances that lead to Sergeant Woodruff's death?

6. At what camp had Curzon spent the last winter? How does he describe it?

7. What does Curzon do the help the Patriot soldier in Chapter 2?

8. Why does Sergeant Woodruff not want his men to dig in building their cabins? Why does he agree to let them do so?

9. What is discovered in Curzon's bag when Eben presents it to the Sergeant in Chapter 8?

10. Why are the three men hanged in Chapter 24?

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