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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the young Danzinger boy ask Alexander to do for him after it becomes evident the renegades are going to kill him?
(a) He asks him to tell his family that he loves them and that his younger brother will have to take over as man of the house.
(b) He asks him please to watch over his family for him.
(c) He asks him to please find his father and tell him to go home.
(d) He asks him to tell his sweetheart, Ally, that he loves her.

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

3. What does Marguerite tell her remaining servant after the other servant leaves them on the road in Part IV, Chapter 62?
(a) That it's not worth crying over a man like Mingo.
(b) That it's not worth crying over a woman like Kizzy.
(c) That it's not worth crying over a man like Manny.
(d) That it's not worth crying over a woman like Karla.

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

5. Who shoots the young Danzinger boy?
(a) One of the Union soldiers.
(b) One of the Union renegades.
(c) Alexander.
(d) One of the Confederate renegades.

6. How does Jesse feel about giving his money to the surgeon, who says he will put it into a savings account?
(a) Jesse thinks the surgeon will steal his money.
(b) Jesse thinks it is a great idea and gives the surgeon his money.
(c) Jesse is very excited and gives the surgeon his money and gets all his money to give him their money as well.
(d) Jesse does not believe it to be a good arrangement, because if something happens to the surgeon his money will be lost.

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

8. What does Marguerite invite the girl that is interviewing her to at her home that night?
(a) Her New Year's Eve party.
(b) Her son's birthday party.
(c) Her birthday party.
(d) Her anniversary party.

9. What did Uther teach Duncan and Jesse to do in their youth?
(a) Sing.
(b) Read.
(c) Plow a field.
(d) Dance.

10. What is the name of Duncan's childhood servant who used to light the fire in his room?
(a) Parker.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Peter.
(d) Parley.

11. 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 Confederate Army.
(c) That they know his father to be a spy for the Union Army.
(d) That they know he is a spy for the Confederate Army.

12. After one of her servants leaves her on the road, what does Marguerite use to carry a small ham and some other small belongings?
(a) A small cart.
(b) A handbag.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A sling.

13. 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 war had to happen.
(d) Why the men are fed so much better in the hospital than on the field.

14. What has Catesby become now that he has "renounced his previous sinful ways"?
(a) A Lutheran.
(b) A Protestant.
(c) A Baptist.
(d) A Christian.

15. What happens to the surgeon who cut off the head of a black soldier and autopsied it?
(a) He is discharged from the army for his actions.
(b) He is put in jail.
(c) He does not get in trouble.
(d) He is sentenced to death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Duncan afraid has bewitched him?

3. Where are Jesse and his company assigned to work in Part IV, Chapter 52?

4. What does Alexander's leader tell him to do when the person stumbles into their camp in Part IV, Chapter 54?

5. Whom does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife hesitate to visit but eventually goes to see in Part III, Chapter 39?

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