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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 Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife pray for because it sometimes slows the number of wounded arriving at the hospital?
(a) Spring rains.
(b) Less men joining the army.
(c) Winter storms.
(d) The Confederates to win more battles.

2. What is the name of Duncan's childhood servant who used to light the fire in his room?
(a) Peter.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Parley.
(d) Parker.

3. What happens to Jesse and several other black soldiers after they are captured by the Confederates in Part IV, Chapter 56?
(a) They are sent directly to prison.
(b) The men are being released to former masters, providing those masters want to take them, or they go to jail.
(c) They are beaten and shackled.
(d) They release them with a warning to return home.

4. How do Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife get to the jail after being sentenced?
(a) By carriage.
(b) By horseback.
(c) They are dragged.
(d) They walk.

5. What does Alexander tell Samuel Gatewood's son he claimed so he could be assigned to his regiment?
(a) That they are cousins.
(b) That they are brothers.
(c) That they are half-brothers.
(d) That he is his son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Catesby Byrd's wife?

2. What holiday are Catesby and his fellow soldiers celebrating that they attend a prayer meeting?

3. The woman traveling the countryside meets up with a woman named Miss Marguerite. What story does she begin telling her?

4. What is Alexander quickly set up as in his new regiment because of his education and ability?

5. What does Marguerite invite the girl that is interviewing her to at her home that night?

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