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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 date opens Chapter 3?
(a) October 7, 1777.
(b) September 12, 1777.
(c) June 2, 1777.
(d) March 3, 1778.
2. What does the British Army do at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) They retreat.
(b) The press forward.
(c) They successully bomb the American fort.
(d) The double reinforcements.
3. Who receives Sergeant Woodruff's hat in Chapter 24?
(a) Aaron Barry.
(b) Curzon.
(c) John Burns.
(d) Eben.
4. What food does Eben take Curzon to eat at camp in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Oranges and cherries.
(b) Potato soup and bread.
(c) Chicken stew and biscuits.
(d) Firecakes and water.
5. What date is denoted at the opening of Chapter 15?
(a) December 22, 1777.
(b) October 7, 1777.
(c) June 1, 1778.
(d) March 13, 1777.
Short Answer Questions
1. What regular pay is granted to Curzon when he enlists in Chapter 9?
2. From what prison had Isabel freed Curzon in the novel's Prelude?
3. What does Curzon claim "stealing from a thief" (105) is in Chapter 21?
4. Who does Curzon say had been taken to the Yellow Springs hospital for the bloody flux in Chapter 22?
5. What is the name of the "fusspot old tailor with watery eyes" (47) who appears in Chapter 10?
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. Why does Burns miss out on the rice rations in Chapter 18? How does he respond?
4. Why is Curzon concerned about storing his knapsack in Eben's tent in Chapter 8?
5. How is Benjamin Edwards described?
6. Who is Trumbull and why does he confront Curzon in Chapter 8?
7. How is Sergeant Woodruff's funeral described?
8. What genre does Forge fall into? What are the qualities of this genre?
9. What do Curzon and his unit discover when they arrive at Valley Forge?
10. What is discovered in Curzon's bag when Eben presents it to the Sergeant in Chapter 8?
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