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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Marguerite not want to have another baby?
(a) She wants to ensure that Jesse will love Jacob as his own.
(b) She wants to ensure that Samuel will love Jacob as his own.
(c) She wants to ensure that Duncan will love Jacob as his own.
(d) She wants to ensure that Silas will love Jacob as his own.

2. The woman traveling the countryside hears a lot about a storm. What is the name of the storm?
(a) Cox's Snow.
(b) Rex's Snow.
(c) Max's Snow.
(d) Fox's Snow.

3. What is the name of Silas's nephew?
(a) Ellam Omohundru.
(b) Ernest Ommon.
(c) Enoch Ommar.
(d) Erik Ophikeans.

4. What is Alexander quickly set up as in his new regiment because of his education and ability?
(a) A courier.
(b) A lieutenant.
(c) A cook.
(d) A sergeant.

5. Where does Jesse decide to go to look for a new job?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) Ramifications.
(c) A plantation.
(d) A bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife get to the jail after being sentenced?

2. Why does a judge sentence Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to jail?

3. What happens to Duncan's horse during a battle in Chancellorsville, Virginia?

4. Where is Samuel Gatewood's son hit by a bullet during battle?

5. What is the name of the essay that Samuel Gatewood writes in Part I, Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Silas do to Ellam when he learns of his treatment of Maggie?

2. What does Sallie pray for while working at the hospital in Part III, Chapter 30?

3. How does Opal help Uther Botkin with his daughter and his farm?

4. Why does one of the surgeons, James Lane, ask that all the Union soldiers be taken to another surgeon for the rest of the evening?

5. What does the prison keeper tell Sallie about Alexander during one of her visits with Cousin Molly?

6. Why does Jesse keep trying to run away from the Stratford Plantation?

7. What happens to Duncan's horse, Gypsy, during the battle in Chancellorsville?

8. What happens to Alexander during his first time in battle?

9. How is Alexander assigned to Duncan's regiment?

10. Why is the woman at the beginning of Part I, Chapter 1, traveling the countryside?

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