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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. What do the Union soldiers tell Marguerite's servants after besetting them on the road?
(a) That they should head to Mexico.
(b) That they are eventually going to die.
(c) That they had better turn around and go the other way.
(d) That they can come with them.

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

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

7. 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 woman like Kizzy.
(b) That it's not worth crying over a woman like Karla.
(c) That it's not worth crying over a man like Manny.
(d) That it's not worth crying over a man like Mingo.

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

9. 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.

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

11. Whom does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife hesitate to visit but eventually goes to see in Part III, Chapter 39?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Duncan.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jesse feel about giving his money to the surgeon, who says he will put it into a savings account?

2. Where does Duncan return to two days after Christmas in Part IV, Chapter 60?

3. What does Silas promise to Marguerite before he leaves to become a solider in the Confederate Army?

4. Where is Duncan staying at the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 60?

5. What holiday are Catesby and his fellow soldiers celebrating that they attend a prayer meeting?

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