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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 Eben use to cover his uncle's face before he is buried in Chapter 23?
(a) His jacket.
(b) His blanket.
(c) His hat.
(d) His shirt sleeve.

2. Who does Curzon say had been taken to the Yellow Springs hospital for the bloody flux in Chapter 22?
(a) Thomas Anbury.
(b) Peter Brown.
(c) Henry Knox.
(d) Eben.

3. Whose letter from Valley Forge is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 23?
(a) Thomas Anbury's.
(b) Henry Knox's.
(c) Colonel Isaac Sherman's.
(d) Private Ichabod Ward's.

4. In the end of Chapter 20, Eben asks Curzon if he knows how to cook what?
(a) An egg.
(b) A pumpkin.
(c) An eggplant.
(d) A pancake.

5. How does Curzon help the Patriot soldier when he faces off against the redcoat in Chapter 2?
(a) He throws water on the redcoat.
(b) He throws a rock at the redcoat.
(c) He shoots the redcoat in the leg.
(d) He trips the redcoat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 7?

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

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

4. What do Curzon and his fellow soldiers use to mark a line on their sleeves to denote mourning in Chapter 23?

5. Who receives Sergeant Woodruff's hat in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author set up each of her chapters in Forge?

3. How is Sergeant Woodruff's funeral described?

4. From whose perspective is the narrative related? Why do you think the author chose this perspective?

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

6. How does Eben respond to the stolen goods in Curzon's bag in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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

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