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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alexander quickly set up as in his new regiment because of his education and ability?
(a) A cook.
(b) A lieutenant.
(c) A sergeant.
(d) A courier.

2. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife wish she had done before she was sentenced to jail?
(a) Pleaded for mercy.
(b) Put up more of a fight.
(c) Killed herself.
(d) Ran away.

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

4. Why does a judge sentence Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to jail?
(a) For stealing money.
(b) For killing someone.
(c) For being abolitionists.
(d) For the mistreatment of slaves.

5. Whom does Samuel Gatewood purchase from Uther Botkin?
(a) Midge.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Duncan.
(d) Sallie.

6. What is the name of the essay that Samuel Gatewood writes in Part I, Chapter 13?
(a) Remarks by a Slave Trader.
(b) Remarks by a Southern Abolitionist.
(c) Remarks by a Plantation Owner.
(d) Remarks by a Mountain Agriculturalist.

7. 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 take him as a prisoner.
(c) They tell the boy to return the way he came.
(d) They kill him.

8. What does Catesby agree to on his final bet?
(a) To join the Northern Army.
(b) To join the Confederate Army.
(c) To run naked down the street.
(d) To marry his girlfriend.

9. What is the name of the school that Uther Botkin's daughter attends?
(a) Abby's Female Institution.
(b) School for the Gifted and Talented.
(c) Virginia Ladies College.
(d) Augusta Female Seminary.

10. Two years after the big storm, what is Samuel's son guarding in Part I, Chapter 2?
(a) The area prior to the hanging of John Brown.
(b) The area prior to the hanging of Matt Louis.
(c) The area prior to the hanging of Jake Bowers.
(d) The area prior to the hanging of Mike Lewis.

11. Where is Marguerite living in Part III, Chapter 28?
(a) Dominican Republic.
(b) New York.
(c) Nassau, the Bahamas.
(d) Mexico.

12. Where is the battle that Catesby and Samuel Gatewood's son are fighting in Part II, Chapter 19?
(a) Lexington.
(b) McDowell.
(c) Williamsburg.
(d) Charlottesville.

13. The woman traveling the countryside meets up with a woman named Miss Marguerite. What story does she begin telling her?
(a) The story of Fox's Snow.
(b) The story of Rex's Snow.
(c) The story of Max's Snow.
(d) The story of Cox's Snow.

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

15. Where is the military institute located that Samuel Gatewood's son attends?
(a) Charleston, South Carolina.
(b) Birmingham, Alabama.
(c) Lexington, Virginia.
(d) Williamsburg, Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. While at the military institute listening to a speech, what does Samuel Gatewood's son see happen to a Union flagpole?

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

3. What is the name of Uther Botkin's wife?

4. What does a Confederate solider tell Rufus and Jesse before shooting Rufus in the chest?

5. After traveling to where the slaves are held, with whom does Silas's nephew have sex?

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