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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapters Twenty-Eight through Thirty-Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the school that Uther Botkin's daughter attends?
(a) Abby's Female Institution.
(b) School for the Gifted and Talented.
(c) Virginia Ladies College.
(d) Augusta Female Seminary.

3. While trying to find shelter from the big storm, whom does Samuel's son find inside a barn?
(a) Rita.
(b) Midge.
(c) Madge.
(d) Marge.

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

5. What does a Confederate solider tell Rufus and Jesse before shooting Rufus in the chest?
(a) That he will be punished for running away.
(b) That they are going to die.
(c) That he is lower than dirt.
(d) That Abraham Lincoln has made the Emancipation Proclamation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alexander tell Samuel Gatewood's son he claimed so he could be assigned to his regiment?

2. What does the visitor bring Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife while visiting her in jail?

3. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife wish she had done before she was sentenced to jail?

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

5. What happens to Alexander after he demands to be treated as a prisoner of war while in prison?

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