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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) Jehu Grant's.
(b) Major Henry Dearborn's.
(c) Thomas Anbury's.
(d) Private Ezra Tilden's.

2. In what regiment is Eben assigned?
(a) The 1st Rhode Island Regiment.
(b) The 16th Massachusetts Regiment.
(c) The 12th New Hampshire Regiment.
(d) The 4th New York Regiment.

3. Why is there no food being served at the camp when Curzon's regiment arrives in Chapter 14?
(a) The meat is spoilt.
(b) The food caught fire.
(c) The soldiers are being punished.
(d) The rain soaked everything.

4. The author opens Chapter 9 with an excerpt of a journal from a soldier who enlisted in the Continental Army at the age of 13. What was his name?
(a) Ebenezer Woodruff.
(b) Ezra Tilden.
(c) Daniel Granger.
(d) Jehu Grant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Benny preparing to study in college before he joined the war efforts?

2. Where is the company from that wins the cabin-building contest in Chapter 22?

3. What does Curzon claim "stealing from a thief" (105) is in Chapter 21?

4. Who is the Sergeant of the First Rhode Island Regiment that is quoted in the opening of Chapter 11?

5. Who is attributed to the quote that opens Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. At what camp had Curzon spent the last winter? How does he describe it?

5. How is Benjamin Edwards described?

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

7. How does Curzon betray the gap-toothed boy in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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