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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapters Thirty-Seven through Forty-Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Alexander arrive in Part III, Chapter 29, just before a big fight?
(a) Lexington, Virginia.
(b) Fredericksburg, Virginia.
(c) Williamsburg, Virginia.
(d) Charleston, South Carolina.

2. How does Silas react after learning that his nephew had sex with a slave?
(a) He punches him.
(b) He yells at him and tells him to leave.
(c) He flips over his nephew's chair and dumps breakfast and coffee on him.
(d) He does not mind at all.

3. While at the military institute listening to a speech, what does Samuel Gatewood's son see happen to a Union flagpole?
(a) It is waved around while everyone cheers.
(b) The pole is set on fire and the flag is burned.
(c) It is torn down.
(d) It breaks, sending the flag crashing to the ground.

4. Why is the person that Uther Botkin's slave wishes could help her with the planting in jail?
(a) He stole some food.
(b) He tried to run away.
(c) He beat someone up.
(d) He killed someone.

5. What is the Confederate President's answer to Duncan's question at the event?
(a) The wounded are clothed better so infection will not spread.
(b) The war happened because the Union is evil.
(c) The fighting will stop when they have won.
(d) The wounded men are fed better so they will heal quickly and return to the field.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Marguerite begins telling the traveling young woman in Part I, Chapter 1 a story. Where does the story take place?

2. Where does Jesse decide to go to look for a new job?

3. What do Samuel Gatewood's son and his friends do after some Union cadets rush them after listening to a speech at the military institute?

4. After his essay in Part I, Chapter 13, whom does Samuel Gatewood try to convince to stop running away?

5. Where is Marguerite living in Part III, Chapter 28?

(see the answer key)

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