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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. What does Duncan help Jesse do after they spend the night talking in an abandoned house?
(a) Escape back through the Confederate lines.
(b) Escape back to the Stratford Plantation.
(c) Escape back to his regiment.
(d) Escape back through the Union lines.

2. Catesby writes a letter to his wife in Part III, Chapter 32. What does he tell her has happened to Duncan?
(a) He has been severely injured and has lost a foot.
(b) He has been severely injured and has brain damage.
(c) He has been severely injured and has lost an arm.
(d) He has been severely injured and has lost a leg.

3. What does Catesby agree to on his final bet?
(a) To join the Northern Army.
(b) To run naked down the street.
(c) To join the Confederate Army.
(d) To marry his girlfriend.

4. Who is Jesse?
(a) Uther Botkin's son.
(b) Uther Botkin's brother.
(c) Uther Botkin's slave boy.
(d) Uther Botkin's nephew.

5. What did Uther teach Duncan and Jesse to do in their youth?
(a) Sing.
(b) Plow a field.
(c) Dance.
(d) Read.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Catesby want Samuel Gatewood to write a letter?

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

3. Duncan is somewhat annoyed by the Confederate President at the event. What does he ask him?

4. Two years after the big storm, what is Samuel's son guarding in Part I, Chapter 2?

5. What is the name of the hospital that Duncan is staying at after his injuries in Part III, Chapter 32?

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