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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 object does Curzon weep over having lost in Chapter 6?
(a) His hat.
(b) His tie.
(c) His blanket.
(d) His jacket.

2. What additional item does the cook at Eben's camp give Curzon when he asks for more food in Chapter 8?
(a) A bowl of pudding.
(b) A bowl of rice.
(c) A hunk of cheese.
(d) A baked potato.

3. Who has ordered several companies out of camp to harass the British in Chapter 7?
(a) Major Henry Dearborn.
(b) General Hebert.
(c) General Watts.
(d) General Gates.

4. Who is the American Ambassador in France that Thomas Paine's letter is addressed to in the opening of Chapter 22?
(a) Henry Knox.
(b) John Bannister.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Thomas Anbury.

5. Who is the New Hampshire Major whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 10?
(a) Major Daniel Granger.
(b) Major Ebenezer Woodruff.
(c) Major Thomas Anbury.
(d) Major Henry Dearborn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what regiment is Eben assigned?

2. What is Captain Russell's profession?

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

4. Who is given Sergeant Woodruff's pencil nubs after he dies?

5. What date is denoted at the opening of the Prelude?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What arrives as the Christmas rations in Chapter 19?

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