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

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 should join the army or become slaves again.
(b) That they must join the army or starve to death.
(c) That they are not good enough to join the army, but they will take them anyway.
(d) That they should join the army for vengeance against the Confederates.

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

3. What do the Union soldiers take from Marguerite and her servants as they are preparing to leave the city?
(a) Their food.
(b) Bags of clothing.
(c) Their cow and jewelry.
(d) Money and their horses.

4. What does Catesby's daughter say her mother spends her time doing now that her father is dead?
(a) Singing.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Praying and crying.

5. How old is the newspaper that Jesse reads to his men about the Gettysburg Address?
(a) Four days.
(b) Two days.
(c) One week.
(d) Two weeks.

6. After finally leaving the hospital, what Confederate President do Duncan and his sister meet at an event?
(a) Confederate President Blackburn.
(b) Confederate President Davis.
(c) Confederate President Barker.
(d) Confederate President David.

7. What is the name of Silas's crew of blockade-runners?
(a) The Wild Darrell.
(b) The Crazy Harry.
(c) The Crazy Perry.
(d) The Wild Farrell.

8. Where is Duncan staying at the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 60?
(a) Stratford Plantation.
(b) A hospital in South Carolina.
(c) A military institution in Virginia.
(d) Uther Botkin's place.

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

10. Who is Duncan afraid has bewitched him?
(a) Sallie.
(b) Opal.
(c) Midge.
(d) Martha.

11. Jesse travels to visit friends in a nearby company where he hears the men singing. What song does hear them singing?
(a) "We are Climbing Jacob's Ladder".
(b) "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot".
(c) "There Is A Balm in Gilead".
(d) "Marching 'Round Selma".

12. Whom does Duncan see at an event he attends that he manages a private conversation with in Part III, Chapter 43?
(a) Molly.
(b) Sallie.
(c) Opal.
(d) Marguerite.

13. How is Catesby killed in battle?
(a) He is shot several times in the chest.
(b) He takes his own life.
(c) He is shot in the head.
(d) He is stabbed in the stomach.

14. What is the name of the surgeon who cut off the head of a black soldier and autopsied it?
(a) Leroy.
(b) Carter.
(c) Garner.
(d) Potts.

15. What does Catesby tell his wife, in a letter, that he has given up?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Killing.
(c) Having affairs.
(d) Gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Duncan help Jesse do after they spend the night talking in an abandoned house?

2. In Part IV, Chapter 52, whom does Jesse and his company see coming down the road?

3. What does Marguerite invite the girl that is interviewing her to at her home that night?

4. What are Jesse and a group of black men, mostly former slaves, building in Washington?

5. After arriving in Analaston Island, District of Columbia, what does Jesse set the men immediately to work on?

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