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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. Who is addressed in the letter from George Washington that is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 14?
(a) Sergeant John Smith.
(b) Thomas Anbury.
(c) Daniel Granger.
(d) Henry Laurens.

2. Who is given Sergeant Woodruff's pencil nubs after he dies?
(a) Eben.
(b) Greenlaw.
(c) Hugh Faukner.
(d) Curzon.

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

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

5. How many months have passed between the Prelude and Chapter 1?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many British prisoners have been taken by the Patriots at Curzon's camp in Chapter 10?

2. What animals does Curzon describe as the most fearful to him in the forest in Chapter 1?

3. In the end of Chapter 20, Eben asks Curzon if he knows how to cook what?

4. With whom does Eben say he went scavenging in Chapter 21?

5. What does Curzon describe eating for every meal before the next shipment of food arrives in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Sergeant Woodruff not want his men to dig in building their cabins? Why does he agree to let them do so?

4. How is Sergeant Woodruff's funeral described?

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

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

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

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

9. What are the circumstances surrounding Curzon's enlistment in the army?

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

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