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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. Who accompanies Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to the jail after they are sentenced?
(a) Opal.
(b) Uther Botkin.
(c) The warden and his wife.
(d) Samuel Gatewood.

2. Why does the surgeon in Part III, Chapter 28, insist that all the Union soldiers be taken to another surgeon for the rest of the evening?
(a) He is too tired to work.
(b) He is too emotionally upset to work.
(c) He cannot be certain he will not intentionally harm them.
(d) He wants them to all die.

3. The woman traveling the countryside meets up with a woman named Miss Marguerite. What story does she begin telling her?
(a) The story of Fox's Snow.
(b) The story of Rex's Snow.
(c) The story of Cox's Snow.
(d) The story of Max's Snow.

4. Years ago, what name was Miss Marguerite known by?
(a) Midge.
(b) Marge.
(c) Madge.
(d) Rita.

5. What are the names of Samuel Gatewood's children?
(a) Leona and Duncan.
(b) Layla and Donny.
(c) Lana and Daniel.
(d) Laura and Denny.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After his essay in Part I, Chapter 13, whom does Samuel Gatewood try to convince to stop running away?

3. What must Alexander Kirkpatrick do if he wants to be pardoned from serving jail?

4. What did Uther Botkin inherit?

5. Why is the person that Uther Botkin's slave wishes could help her with the planting in jail?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What incident does Miss Marguerite begin with when telling her story to the young woman in Part I, Chapter 1?

3. How much money is Silas going to sell Maggie for as incentive for Ellam to treat her with some respect until time for the sale?

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

5. What happens to Uther Botkin's wife, Martha?

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

7. How do Rufus and Jesse escape Stratford Plantation?

8. 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?

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

10. What is Jesse's new job in Part III, Chapter 31, at the hospital?

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