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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 is the countersign for "Windsor" in Chapter 20?
(a) Millford.
(b) Palace.
(c) Hartford.
(d) Oxford.

2. How far away is the camp that Curzon must travel to while carrying a wounded soldier in Chapter 6?
(a) Ten miles.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Six miles.
(d) Four miles.

3. Whose shoes "fell apart completely" (96) when he has left the tent in Chapter 19?
(a) Eben's.
(b) Silvenus's.
(c) Greenlaw's.
(d) Curzon's.

4. What do Curzon and his fellow soldiers use to mark a line on their sleeves to denote mourning in Chapter 23?
(a) Ink.
(b) Mud.
(c) Charcoal.
(d) Blood.

5. From what prison had Isabel freed Curzon in the novel's Prelude?
(a) Bannister Prison.
(b) Bridewell Prison.
(c) McAlister Prison.
(d) Hopewell Prison.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word is defined in the dictionary entry that opens Chapter 24?

3. What object does Curzon weep over having lost in Chapter 6?

4. What additional item does the cook at Eben's camp give Curzon when he asks for more food in Chapter 8?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Curzon describe the marching of the British prisoners in Chapter 10?

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

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

5. How is Benjamin Edwards described?

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

7. Why does Burns miss out on the rice rations in Chapter 18? How does he respond?

8. What leads to the reconciliation between Curzon and Eben?

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

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

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