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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. Whom does Marguerite accompany to an expensive gathering at the governor's mansion?
(a) Samuel Gatewood.
(b) Duncan.
(c) Silas.
(d) Jesse.

2. Who arrives at the hospital to visit Duncan and apologizes for his melancholy attitude?
(a) Opal.
(b) Uther.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Sallie.

3. As the story opens, what is the young woman traveling the countryside in search of?
(a) Those who remember the days of slavery.
(b) Those who remember the days of the Civil War.
(c) Those who remember her great-grandmother.
(d) Those who remember her great-grandfather.

4. Why does Alexander demand that he be treated as a prisoner of war while in prison?
(a) Because he sides with the Confederate Army.
(b) Because he is an abolitionist.
(c) Because he sides with the North.
(d) Because he owns slaves.

5. By whom is the woman traveling the countryside in Part I, Chapter 1, employed?
(a) Moving Forward Organization.
(b) Works Progress Administration.
(c) Remembering Our Past Project.
(d) United America Administration.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Alexander quickly set up as in his new regiment because of his education and ability?

3. Where is the battle that Catesby and Samuel Gatewood's son are fighting in Part II, Chapter 19?

4. What is Samuel Gatewood struggling with in Chapter 25?

5. How many months after Uther Botkin's wife gives birth does she die?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, Chapter 28, how does Maggie, now known as Marguerite, feel about her life with Silas?

2. How do Rufus and Jesse escape Stratford Plantation?

3. What does a superior officer say to Duncan and his fellow cadets after they rush to get their weapons and regain their honor when the Union cadets pick a fight with them?

4. What does Catesby write to his wife Leona about from Camp Bartow, Virginia?

5. While attending church, what does Opal beg Jack to do for her?

6. What does Abigail's Cousin Molly bring Sallie when she comes to visit her in jail?

7. What does Ellam Omohundru do with Maggie in Part I, Chapter 10?

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

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

10. What happens the third time that Jesse tries to run away from the Stratford Plantation?

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