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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters Fifty-Nine through Seventy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After one of her servants leaves her on the road, what does Marguerite use to carry a small ham and some other small belongings?
(a) A small cart.
(b) A handbag.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A sling.

2. 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 beg for forgiveness.
(d) They run and hide.

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

4. After saying some things that Jesse and the men working alongside him in Washington do not like, what does the recruiter say that gains Jesse's attention?
(a) He says that they have to decide for themselves what to fight for.
(b) He says that white men are better soldiers.
(c) He says that Lincoln is the reason that blacks are free to make a choice for themselves.
(d) He says that they will be paid to be soldiers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Miss Marguerite begins telling the traveling young woman in Part I, Chapter 1 a story. Where does the story take place?

3. What holiday are Catesby and his fellow soldiers celebrating that they attend a prayer meeting?

4. What does Catesby's daughter say her mother spends her time doing now that her father is dead?

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

(see the answer key)

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