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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 a recruiter for the army say to Jesse and the men working alongside him in Washington that they do not care for?
(a) That they are not good enough to join the army, but they will take them anyway.
(b) That they should join the army for vengeance against the Confederates.
(c) That they must join the army or starve to death.
(d) That they should join the army or become slaves again.

2. What is the name of the family that Alexander works for food and stays with in Part III, Chapter 35?
(a) The Danzinger family.
(b) The Dillinger family.
(c) The Duggar family.
(d) The Fredericks family.

3. How much money is the slave that Silas's nephew had sex with being sold for?
(a) Sixteen hundred dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) Two thousand dollars.
(d) Twelve hundred dollars.

4. 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 is shot.
(b) He trips and falls down a hill, breaking his leg.
(c) He falls into a bramble thicket and runs away.
(d) He delivers the message and returns safely.

5. What do Samuel Gatewood's son and his friends do after some Union cadets rush them after listening to a speech at the military institute?
(a) The immediately begin fighting back.
(b) They gather their weapons and return to regain their honor.
(c) They run and hide.
(d) They beg for forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the surgeon who receives a telegram that makes him cry?

2. What did Uther Botkin inherit?

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

4. How many years does the judge sentence Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to serve in jail?

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

(see the answer key)

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