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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Williams compare the various incidents of Lincoln's life to?
(a) Ridges of a sculpture that should be made of Lincoln.
(b) Dancers doing a series of intricately choreographed steps.
(c) Lines in a carefully crafted poem.
(d) Instruments playing in an orchestra.

2. How does Jones feel about the battle?
(a) He says that it is horrifying.
(b) He says that it is necessary.
(c) He says that it is beautiful.
(d) He says that it is exciting.

3. Why does Franklin recommend against trying to make money in America through manufacturing?
(a) To do well in manufacturing, you need large numbers of poor people who are willing to work for low wages.
(b) There are no cities in America in which to build manufacturing plants.
(c) America does not have enough raw materials to do well at manufacturing any items of commercial value.
(d) Few ships travel to America, so manufacturers could not market their goods to foreign ports.

4. What makes Daniel Boone different from other settlers, according to the narrator?
(a) He started new communities wherever he went.
(b) He is not afraid to go west into the wilderness.
(c) He does not consider himself an American citizen.
(d) He is at war with the Indians he met.

5. What does Houston do after he resigns as Governor of Tennessee?
(a) He joins the Indians who had been relocated to Arkansas.
(b) He goes West to explore.
(c) He decides to go back to school.
(d) He settled down on a homestead and built a house.

6. Why does Lincoln borrow a neighbor's baby?
(a) To pace with while he is thinking.
(b) To comfort him after the death of a loved one.
(c) To use in a play that is being put on at the local school.
(d) To find out more about what the children of America need.

7. What event has distracted historians from telling the whole story about Burr?
(a) The duel with Alexander Hamilton.
(b) Shea's rebellion.
(c) The French and Indian War.
(d) The American Revolution.

8. According to the narrator, what was Boone's emotional state when he lived alone in the wilderness for three months?
(a) Ecstasy.
(b) Worry.
(c) Fear.
(d) Exhilaration.

9. What area does Boone discover, along with his brother, just before the American Revolution?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Kentucky.

10. Why does Williams think that Burr did not get along with Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson?
(a) They campaigned against Burr when he ran for office.
(b) They favored a stronger central government than he did.
(c) They had not gotten along since the first time they had met.
(d) They did not approve of Burr's affairs with women.

11. How can Boone's attitude toward Indians best be described?
(a) Paternalistic.
(b) Contemptuous.
(c) Competitive.
(d) Admiring.

12. What kind of position is Jones' squadron in when the battle begins?
(a) Jones has fewer ships, but is in a better position geographically than the enemy is.
(b) Jones has the same number of ships as the enemy.
(c) Jones has 20 ships and is at a strong advantage.
(d) Jones has only three ships left and is at a severe disadvantage.

13. What famous ship does Williams say that a slave ship is the counterpart to?
(a) The Santa Maria.
(b) The Mayflower.
(c) The Serapis.
(d) The Bon Homme Richard.

14. What does Williams say that Americans think they will lose if they were ever to serve another person?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Self-esteem.
(c) Faith.
(d) Independence.

15. Why does Williams say that it is "water from a spring" to talk to M?
(a) Because M lives near a spring.
(b) Because M is always so cheerful.
(c) Because M likes the rain in the spring.
(d) Because M uses such original language.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say that Puritans viewed the Indian?

2. How does the narrator describe George Washington's character at the beginning of "George Washington"?

3. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Boone's character?

4. Why does Houston resign as Governor of Tennessee?

5. What does Jacataqua ask Aaron Burr to do?

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