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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Duncan uncertain about marriage?
(a) He is not certain about his feelings for Maggie.
(b) He is not certain about his feelings for Sally.
(c) He is not certain about his feelings for Abigail.
(d) He is not certain about his feelings for Martha.

2. What does Duncan say will happen to the people of Virginia if the state falls?
(a) They will be "a beaten people."
(b) They will be "a demolished people."
(c) They will be "a pathetic group of people."
(d) They will be "a conquered people."

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

4. Where is Catesby involved in a terrible battle in Part IV, Chapter 47?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) Near Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia.
(c) Near the Lexington school house in Virginia.
(d) Charleston, South Carolina.

5. What does Alexander's leader tell him to do when the person stumbles into their camp in Part IV, Chapter 54?
(a) He tells Alexander not to lay a hand on the boy.
(b) He tells Alexander not to lay a hand on the girl.
(c) He tells Alexander to tie the boy up and take him as their prisoner.
(d) He tells Alexander to shoot the runaway slave.

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

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

8. What does Jesse say that the "colored troops broke ranks" for when they see the man coming down the road in Part IV, Chapter 52?
(a) They run to Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, touching his clothing and even his horse with great reverence.
(b) They run to Lincoln, touching his clothing and even his horse with great reverence.
(c) They run to Ulysses S Grant, touching his clothing and even his horse with great reverence.
(d) They run to Robert E. Lee, touching his clothing and even his horse with great reverence.

9. What does Silas warn Marguerite about before he leaves to become a solider in the Confederate Army?
(a) About where she will run if Lexington falls to the Union.
(b) About where she will run if Richmond falls to the Union.
(c) About where she will run if Charleston falls to the Union.
(d) About where she will run if Wilmington falls to the Union.

10. What happens to Alexander and the group of renegades in Part IV, Chapter 59?
(a) They surrender to the enemy.
(b) They capture several Union soldiers.
(c) They are captured and several of them are killed.
(d) They escape into the forest and decide to live there.

11. Who has died in Part IV, Chapter 60, that the grandmother continually prayers about?
(a) Sallie.
(b) Leona.
(c) Opal.
(d) Maggie.

12. At the beginning of Part III, Chapter 37, who are washing the corpse of Uther Botkin?
(a) Anna and Jesse.
(b) Opal and Franky.
(c) Martha and Jacob.
(d) Susie and Jack.

13. What arrives on the train that has the men disappointed that they draw lots for?
(a) A couple gallons of water.
(b) A jug of beer.
(c) A single basket of food.
(d) A couple shirts.

14. At the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 51, what are Abigail and Opal planting at the plantation?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Peas.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Corn.

15. What is the name of Jesse's Captain in the army?
(a) Captain Firestone.
(b) Captain Farley.
(c) Captain Fessenden.
(d) Captain Fessler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shoots the young Danzinger boy?

2. What is the name of the surgeon who reminds Jesse that he will put money into a savings account for any man that requests it?

3. How does Silas describe the conditions in the Confederate Army?

4. What does Catesby save from his holiday dinner to share with his bunkmate?

5. What do the Union soldiers tell Marguerite's servants after besetting them on the road?

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