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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 word from the novel refers to Germans who served but were not incorporated into the British Army?
(a) Nazis.
(b) Recons.
(c) Infidels.
(d) Hessians.

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

3. Who is addressed in the letter from George Washington that is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 14?
(a) Sergeant John Smith.
(b) Daniel Granger.
(c) Thomas Anbury.
(d) Henry Laurens.

4. What troops does Curzon say have the most black soldiers of all the states in the camp in Chapter 7?
(a) The Maryland troops.
(b) The New Jersey troops.
(c) The Connecticut troops.
(d) The Georgia troops.

5. What last name does Curzon give when he enlists in the armed services?
(a) Berry.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Smith.
(d) Bond.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Eben say he went scavenging in Chapter 21?

2. What does the British Army do at the end of Chapter 5?

3. Who gives the nod for the soldiers to begin filling Sergeant Woodruff's grave in Chapter 23?

4. How far away is the camp that Curzon must travel to while carrying a wounded soldier in Chapter 6?

5. Of whom does Curzon say in Chapter 11, "His rude manner declared him my enemy the first time he clapped eyes on me" (54)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What genre does Forge fall into? What are the qualities of this genre?

2. Who is Trumbull and why does he confront Curzon in Chapter 8?

3. Why does Curzon steal spoons and buckles in Chapter 1?

4. What happens at the Hardenburgh house that upsets Curzon?

5. What do Curzon and his unit discover when they arrive at Valley Forge?

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

7. How is Sergeant Woodruff's funeral described?

8. What is foreshadowed by Burns's promotion to sergeant?

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

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

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