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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 is the person that Uther Botkin's slave wishes could help her with the planting in jail?
(a) He killed someone.
(b) He tried to run away.
(c) He stole some food.
(d) He beat someone up.

2. Catesby writes a letter to his wife in Part III, Chapter 32. What does he tell her has happened to Duncan?
(a) He has been severely injured and has lost a leg.
(b) He has been severely injured and has lost a foot.
(c) He has been severely injured and has brain damage.
(d) He has been severely injured and has lost an arm.

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

4. After attending church in Part I, Chapter 9, who begs Jack to put in a good word with Samuel Gatewood?
(a) Susie.
(b) Martha.
(c) Anna.
(d) Opal.

5. While trying to find shelter from the big storm, whom does Samuel's son find inside a barn?
(a) Midge.
(b) Madge.
(c) Rita.
(d) Marge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a Confederate solider tell Rufus and Jesse before shooting Rufus in the chest?

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

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

4. What is the name of Samuel Gatewood's other slave who is also planning to run away?

5. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife tell a young solider who asks if he is going to die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

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