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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 span of days comprises Chapter 28?

2. Who is the author of The Art of Cookery, published in 1774?

3. To whom is General Nathaniel Greene's letter addressed which opens Chapter 48?

4. On what date does Chapter 42 open?

5. What date is denoted in the opening of Chapter 46?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Curzon treated by Gideon and Isabel when he first begins serving at Moore Hall?

2. How is Missus Cook described? What is her position at Moore Hall?

3. What charge does Curzon face in Chapter 34? What is his punishment?

4. What was the agreement that Curzon had with Bellingham when they last saw one another?

5. What does the French proclamation mean for the Americans in Chapter 54?

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

7. How do Curzon and Isabel overcome Bellingham in Chapter 61?

8. What event does Curzon decide will be the best time to run away in Chapter 39? Why?

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

10. What is indicated by the display of Greenlaw's men in Chapter 56?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What causes the fight between Eben and John Burns in the narrative? How does Curzon help Eben after the fight? How does this change their friendship?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the chapters that are titled "Before" in the novel. What information is related in these chapters? From what narrative point of view are they related? Why do you think the author sets them apart in italics?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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