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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dates are denoted in the opening of Chapter 23?

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

3. When does Curzon say Isabel ran off with their money in Chapter 1?

4. Who is the 17-year-old private whose journal is cited in the opening of Chapter 18?

5. Whose quote describing the Battles of Saratoga opens Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What food does Eben offer to share with Curzon in Chapter 21? How do they cook it?

8. What do Curzon and his unit discover when they arrive at Valley Forge?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Silvenus in the novel. How old is Silvenus? What is his back-story? How does he fit in among Curzon's company?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze Curzon's plan for and execution of his and Isabel's escape in the end of the novel. Who assists Curzon and Isabel? How? Where do they go to escape?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and analyze the character of John Burns in Forge. Why does Burns take a dislike to Curzon? How does he go about tormenting Curzon while they serve together? How does Burns eventually die?

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