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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Silas killed?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Petersburg.
(d) Charleston.

2. While traveling home from prayer meeting, renegades stop Alexander's buggy. What do they tell the Danzinger boy who is traveling with him?
(a) That they know he is a spy for the Union Army.
(b) That they know his father to be a spy for the Union Army.
(c) That they know his father to be a spy for the Confederate Army.
(d) That they know he is a spy for the Confederate Army.

3. What does Catesby save from his holiday dinner to share with his bunkmate?
(a) A piece of cake.
(b) A piece of bread.
(c) A piece of bacon.
(d) A piece of ham.

4. Where are Jesse and his company assigned to work in Part IV, Chapter 52?
(a) Building a bridge.
(b) Cleaning latrines.
(c) On a dock.
(d) At a factory.

5. In Part IV, Chapter 52, whom does Jesse and his company see coming down the road?
(a) Robert E. Lee.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Ulysses S Grant.
(d) Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.

6. Duncan is somewhat annoyed by the Confederate President at the event. What does he ask him?
(a) Why the men are clothed so much better in the hospital than on the field.
(b) When the fighting will stop.
(c) Why the men are fed so much better in the hospital than on the field.
(d) Why the war had to happen.

7. What does Duncan help Jesse do after they spend the night talking in an abandoned house?
(a) Escape back through the Confederate lines.
(b) Escape back to the Stratford Plantation.
(c) Escape back through the Union lines.
(d) Escape back to his regiment.

8. Where are Marguerite and her servants preparing to leave when they are beset by Union soldiers on the road?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Wilmington.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Lexington.

9. What is the name of Catesby's bunkmate in Part III, Chapter 42?
(a) Private Mitchell.
(b) Private Randall.
(c) Private Mark.
(d) Private Russell.

10. What holiday are Catesby and his fellow soldiers celebrating that they attend a prayer meeting?
(a) New Years Eve.
(b) 4th of July.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

11. What is supposed to arrive via rail the day of the holiday in Part III, Chapter 42, which has the men so excited?
(a) Women.
(b) Water.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Food.

12. Why is Catesby's son not a help to his family?
(a) He is crippled.
(b) He is selfish and wants nothing to do with his family.
(c) He is flighty and unwilling to help unless the mood strikes him.
(d) He is sick a lot.

13. What does Marguerite think her children are going to try to get her to sell while they are visiting?
(a) Her story to another newspaper.
(b) Her house.
(c) The bank.
(d) Her jewelry.

14. What lesson did Jesse learn growing up that Duncan did not have to learn?
(a) To work hard.
(b) How to survive on very little food.
(c) When and how to keep his mouth shut.
(d) How to make his own clothes.

15. What are Jesse and a group of black men, mostly former slaves, building in Washington?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A fort.
(c) Embrasures.
(d) A hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Duncan say will happen to the people of Virginia if the state falls?

2. What does Marguerite tell her remaining servant after the other servant leaves them on the road in Part IV, Chapter 62?

3. Where is Catesby involved in a terrible battle in Part IV, Chapter 47?

4. While awaiting the arrival of his ship, why has Silas begun to be angry about Marguerite?

5. Who is Duncan afraid has bewitched him?

(see the answer keys)

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