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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 is the name of Isabel's little sister?

2. Who threatens Curzon to not urinate close to the hut in Chapter 27?

3. What does Curzon say he tastes in the food that he eats at Moore Hall in Chapter 41?

4. Whose journal entry is cited in the opening of Chapter 54?

5. What does Curzon vow to do as he falls asleep in the end of Chapter 35?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Curzon attempt to make a key copy to Isabel's collar?

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

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

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

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

6. What is Eben's plan for helping Curzon to escape in Chapter 47?

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

8. What news of the unit does Curzon learn from Eben in Chapter 46?

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

10. What has caused Isabel to be forced to wear the iron collar? Where is the key?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Eben in Forge. How do Eben and Curzon meet? How would you describe Eben's demeanor? How does Eben help Curzon escape in the novel?

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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