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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. How far away is the camp that Curzon must travel to while carrying a wounded soldier in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. How are the barracks to be erected at Valley Forge?

7. What is discovered in Curzon's bag when Eben presents it to the Sergeant in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the conditions of the Valley Forge camp. What do Curzon and his company find when they arrive at the camp? How many soldiers are housed at the camp? What are the lacking necessities at the camp?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Gideon in the novel. How old is Gideon? From where has he been sent on loan to the army by his master? What secrets are revealed about Gideon in the course of the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

What is firecake and how is it made? Why are the soldiers at Valley Forge forced to eat firecake? What nutrients are provided by this meal?

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