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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stumbles into Alexander's camp in Part IV, Chapter 54?
(a) A young Confederate soldier.
(b) A runaway female slave.
(c) A young Union soldier.
(d) A runaway male slave.

2. Which of Marguerite's servants is pregnant?
(a) Martha.
(b) Mingo.
(c) Karla.
(d) Kizzy.

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

4. 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.

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

6. Duncan tells his sister about the Union and Confederate troops camping so near each other that the music from the Union camp could be heard clearly. What song do the Union musicians play at the Confederate troops' request?
(a) Southern Wagon.
(b) Dixie.
(c) Here's Your Mule.
(d) Bonnie Blue Flag.

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

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

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 Charleston falls to the Union.
(b) About where she will run if Richmond falls to the Union.
(c) About where she will run if Lexington falls to the Union.
(d) About where she will run if Wilmington falls to the Union.

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

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

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

13. 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 please to watch over his family for him.
(b) 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.
(c) He asks him to tell his sweetheart, Ally, that he loves her.
(d) He asks him to please find his father and tell him to go home.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Silas killed?

2. How old is the newspaper that Jesse reads to his men about the Gettysburg Address?

3. Whom does Duncan see at an event he attends that he manages a private conversation with in Part III, Chapter 43?

4. What is the Confederate President's answer to Duncan's question at the event?

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

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