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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. To what fort does General Greene set out in Chapter 58?
(a) Fort Sumpter.
(b) Fort Williams.
(c) The Fishkill Fort.
(d) The Staten Island Fort.

2. On what date does Chapter 56 open?
(a) April 29, 1778.
(b) March 19, 1778.
(c) June 4, 1778.
(d) May 6, 1778.

3. Where is a battalion of black and Indian soldiers being assembled in Chapter 43?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Vermont.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New York.

4. Who is the "negroe girl" (191) that is described as a runaway slave in Chapter 41?
(a) Jehu.
(b) Hagar.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Olaudah.

5. How old does Curzon say he was when a tailor came to the kitchen of the Bellingham house in the chapter titled "Before"?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What date opens Chapter 40?

2. Chapter 57 spans from May 7, 1778 to what date?

3. Who has become sergeant of Curzon's former unit in Chapter 46?

4. Who is the surgeon whose diary entry is cited in the opening if Chapter 28?

5. Whose letter to his brother Pierre describes the celebration of the French alliance in the opening of Chapter 56?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the soldiers ordered to do during the blizzard in Chapter 28?

2. What letters do Curzon and Isabel write in Chapter 60?

3. How has the setting of Moore Hall changed in Chapter 55?

4. Why does Curzon not tell the members of his unit who assaulted him in Chapter 28?

5. What does Curzon learn about the enlistment of slaves in the war in Chapter 43?

6. When was Curzon given as a gift to James Bellingham? How did Curzon react?

7. Why does Curzon begin destroying things and causing problems in Chapter 41?

8. Why does Curzon say that he will forever bless the name of General Greene in Chapter 46?

9. Why does Curzon dress as he does when he goes to meet Bellingham at Moore Hall in Chapter 31?

10. Why does Isabel tell Curzon that she did not flee in Chapter 53?

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