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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. Marguerite is interviewed by a girl from the WPA. Why are the girl's boss and father criticizing the amount of time she spends with Marguerite?
(a) They do not like that she's a mulatto.
(b) Because she is a prostitute.
(c) Because she is a slave.
(d) They both say the story that Marguerite is telling is untrue.

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

3. Where is the military institute located that Samuel Gatewood's son attends?
(a) Williamsburg, Virginia.
(b) Birmingham, Alabama.
(c) Charleston, South Carolina.
(d) Lexington, Virginia.

4. What does Samuel Gatewood do after his slave's third attempt at running away?
(a) He ties him up.
(b) He whips him.
(c) He locks him in the cellar.
(d) He sells him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Catesby writes a letter to his wife in Part III, Chapter 32. What does he tell her has happened to Duncan?

2. Miss Marguerite begins telling the traveling young woman in Part I, Chapter 1 a story. Where does the story take place?

3. In the letter that he writes from camp, where does Catesby urge his wife to stay?

4. Whom does Samuel Gatewood have help Uther Botkin's family after the death of his wife?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Alexander called into the office of the acting keeping at the penitentiary in Part II, Chapter 18?

4. What does the judge sentence Sallie and Alexander to for being abolitionists?

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

8. How do Rufus and Jesse escape Stratford Plantation?

9. How did Uther Botkin obtain his property that he now lives on?

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

(see the answer keys)

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