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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Samuel Gatewood do after his slave's third attempt at running away?
(a) He locks him in the cellar.
(b) He ties him up.
(c) He whips him.
(d) He sells him.

2. What nickname has Samuel Gatewood's son earned from his classmates?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Chief.
(c) Bucking Bronco.
(d) Wheelhorse.

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

4. Who is Jesse?
(a) Uther Botkin's slave boy.
(b) Uther Botkin's nephew.
(c) Uther Botkin's son.
(d) Uther Botkin's brother.

5. Whom does Uther Botkin's slave wish could help her with the planting, but can't because he is in jail?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Jack.
(d) Jesse.

6. What happens to Duncan and Catesby during the fighting in Part III, Chapter 28?
(a) They survive and watch helplessly as wounded men die in the fields.
(b) They run away.
(c) They are both badly wounded.
(d) They are taken as prisoner.

7. To whom is Alexander Kirkpatrick married?
(a) Sammy Botkin.
(b) Sallie Botkin.
(c) Susie Botkin.
(d) Sara Botkin.

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

9. 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) They run and hide.
(b) The immediately begin fighting back.
(c) They beg for forgiveness.
(d) They gather their weapons and return to regain their honor.

10. How much money does Silas's nephew offer the slave for sex?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) Two bits.
(c) One bit.
(d) Two dollars.

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

12. What is the name of the camp that Catesby sends his wife a letter from in Part II, Chapter 14?
(a) Camp Charleston.
(b) Camp Williamsburg.
(c) Camp Bartow.
(d) Camp Birmingham.

13. How old is Uther Botkin?
(a) Fifty-five.
(b) Sixty-five.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Eighty-five.

14. Who accompanies Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to the jail after they are sentenced?
(a) Samuel Gatewood.
(b) Opal.
(c) The warden and his wife.
(d) Uther Botkin.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Two years after the big storm, what is Samuel's son guarding in Part I, Chapter 2?

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

5. What must Alexander Kirkpatrick do if he wants to be pardoned from serving jail?

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