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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters Fifty-Four through Fifty-Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alexander demand that he be treated as a prisoner of war while in prison?
(a) Because he sides with the North.
(b) Because he sides with the Confederate Army.
(c) Because he owns slaves.
(d) Because he is an abolitionist.

2. What is the name of Uther Botkin's wife?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Marge.
(c) Martha.
(d) Midge.

3. What is the name of Silas's ship that he is awaiting the arrival of in Part IV, Chapter 53?
(a) Funny Farrell.
(b) Silly Sally.
(c) Crazy Harry.
(d) Wild Darrell.

4. The work Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife does at the hospital is trying until she realizes the truth of her cousin's attitude. What does she realize?
(a) That she needs to realize that her life is also very fragile.
(b) That the nurses can do everything they can for the wounded, but that the nurses themselves must go on living.
(c) That she needs to be more compassionate and really feel for the soldiers.
(d) That she must not ever cry or let herself feel for the soldiers.

5. Jesse travels to visit friends in a nearby company where he hears the men singing. What song does hear them singing?
(a) "We are Climbing Jacob's Ladder".
(b) "There Is A Balm in Gilead".
(c) "Marching 'Round Selma".
(d) "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot".

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife forced to do while in jail?

2. What is Jesse doing that causes most men to fall ill or to move on to another job as quickly as possible?

3. What is the name of the essay that Samuel Gatewood writes in Part I, Chapter 13?

4. What does Marguerite think her children are going to try to get her to sell while they are visiting?

5. Where does Alexander arrive in Part III, Chapter 29, just before a big fight?

(see the answer key)

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