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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. Whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 3, describing the Second Battle of Saratoga?
(a) Thomas Anbury's.
(b) Jehu Grant's.
(c) Major Henry Dearborn's.
(d) Private Ezra Tilden's.

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

3. What does Curzon claim "stealing from a thief" (105) is in Chapter 21?
(a) "Crafty."
(b) "Abhorrent."
(c) "Justice."
(d) "Admirable."

4. How much is the reward for the builders that complete the first hut at the camp in Chapter 17?
(a) $15.
(b) $12.
(c) $34.
(d) $20.

5. Who is the burly lad who claims to see Noah on the Hudson in Chapter 11?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Greenlaw.
(c) Burns.
(d) Silvenus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who receives Sergeant Woodruff's blanket in Chapter 24?

2. Whose shoes "fell apart completely" (96) when he has left the tent in Chapter 19?

3. What is the name of Eben's aunt who says that people like Trumbull are trouble in Chapter 9?

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

5. Who are assigned digging a privy trench for the camp in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When is the Prelude set? Where is Curzon when he awakens in the Prelude?

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

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

6. Why is Curzon concerned about storing his knapsack in Eben's tent in Chapter 8?

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

8. How is Benjamin Edwards described?

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

10. What does Eben say led to the fight between him and Burns in Chapter 21?

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