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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. What must Alexander Kirkpatrick do if he wants to be pardoned from serving jail?
(a) Never harbor slaves again.
(b) Never sell slaves again.
(c) Join the Union Army.
(d) Join the Confederate Army.

2. What happens when Alexander is sent to deliver a message to a particular group about to be hemmed in during the fighting in Part III, Chapter 28?
(a) He trips and falls down a hill, breaking his leg.
(b) He falls into a bramble thicket and runs away.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He delivers the message and returns safely.

3. What is Samuel Gatewood struggling with in Chapter 25?
(a) A way to gather his crops.
(b) A way to herd in his cattle.
(c) A way to harvest all his apples.
(d) A way to feed his family.

4. The woman traveling the countryside hears a lot about a storm. What is the name of the storm?
(a) Max's Snow.
(b) Cox's Snow.
(c) Rex's Snow.
(d) Fox's Snow.

5. What is Jesse doing that causes most men to fall ill or to move on to another job as quickly as possible?
(a) Taking the clothing off dead bodies.
(b) Burning dead bodies.
(c) Burying dead bodies.
(d) Cleaning out the cesspools around the hospitals.

Short Answer Questions

1. After dumping piles of used bandages into a pit, how many patients does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife tell the surgeon he has waiting for the day?

2. Catesby writes a letter to his wife in Part III, Chapter 32. What does he tell her has happened to Duncan?

3. By whom is the woman traveling the countryside in Part I, Chapter 1, employed?

4. As the story opens, what is the young woman traveling the countryside in search of?

5. Where does Catesby tell Samuel he should send someone to get his son who has been wounded in battle?

(see the answer key)

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