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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. Why does Alexander demand that he be treated as a prisoner of war while in prison?
(a) Because he sides with the North.
(b) Because he sides with the Confederate Army.
(c) Because he owns slaves.
(d) Because he is an abolitionist.

2. What does Catesby and a fellow soldier do when a Union soldier stumbles into their camp?
(a) They fight him and he runs off.
(b) They kill him.
(c) They take him as a prisoner.
(d) They tell the boy to return the way he came.

3. 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.

4. What happens to Duncan's horse during a battle in Chancellorsville, Virginia?
(a) She is shot in the stomach several times.
(b) Her throat is slit.
(c) She stumbles and breaks her leg.
(d) She is slashed and her intestines spill out onto the ground.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife hesitate to visit but eventually goes to see in Part III, Chapter 39?

2. Who visits Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife in jail?

3. What is the name of Samuel Gatewood's other slave who is also planning to run away?

4. In Part IV, Chapter 52, whom does Jesse and his company see coming down the road?

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

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