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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Silas react after learning that his nephew had sex with a slave?
(a) He does not mind at all.
(b) He punches him.
(c) He flips over his nephew's chair and dumps breakfast and coffee on him.
(d) He yells at him and tells him to leave.

2. What does Catesby save from his holiday dinner to share with his bunkmate?
(a) A piece of cake.
(b) A piece of bread.
(c) A piece of bacon.
(d) A piece of ham.

3. What is the name of the house that Silas arrives at where there is prostitution and evening entertainment?
(a) Chief's House.
(b) Commander's House.
(c) Captain's House.
(d) King's House.

4. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife tell a young solider who asks if he is going to die?
(a) The he will survive.
(b) That he needs not to worry about it.
(c) That she does not know.
(d) That he will not live through the night.

5. What happens to Alexander after he demands to be treated as a prisoner of war while in prison?
(a) He is given no food or water.
(b) He is whipped with a chain.
(c) He is flogged.
(d) He is put in a dark hole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Duncan tells his sister about the Union and Confederate troops camping so near each other that the music from the Union camp could be heard clearly. What song do the Union musicians play at the Confederate troops' request?

2. What happens to Duncan's horse during a battle in Chancellorsville, Virginia?

3. Who arrives at the hospital to visit Duncan and apologizes for his melancholy attitude?

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

5. After attending church in Part I, Chapter 9, who begs Jack to put in a good word with Samuel Gatewood?

(see the answer key)

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