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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. After dumping piles of used bandages into a pit, how many patients does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife tell the surgeon he has waiting for the day?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty.

2. Miss Marguerite begins telling the traveling young woman in Part I, Chapter 1 a story. Where does the story take place?
(a) Mumford Plantation in North Carolina.
(b) Stratford Plantation in Virginia.
(c) O'Hara Plantation in Mississippi.
(d) Gatewood Plantation in South Carolina.

3. What happens when Alexander is sent to deliver a message to a particular group about to be hemmed in during the fighting in Part III, Chapter 28?
(a) He trips and falls down a hill, breaking his leg.
(b) He delivers the message and returns safely.
(c) He falls into a bramble thicket and runs away.
(d) He is shot.

4. While at the military institute listening to a speech, what does Samuel Gatewood's son see happen to a Union flagpole?
(a) The pole is set on fire and the flag is burned.
(b) It is torn down.
(c) It is waved around while everyone cheers.
(d) It breaks, sending the flag crashing to the ground.

5. What is the name of the camp that Catesby sends his wife a letter from in Part II, Chapter 14?
(a) Camp Charleston.
(b) Camp Williamsburg.
(c) Camp Birmingham.
(d) Camp Bartow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the visitor bring Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife while visiting her in jail?

2. Who harbors a runaway slave in Part I, Chapter 7?

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

4. Where is Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife sent to work after she is released from jail?

5. What nickname has Samuel Gatewood's son earned from his classmates?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Duncan Gatewood when the storm, Cox's Snow, hits?

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

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

6. While Sallie is working at the hospital, what does a young soldier ask Sallie to do for him?

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

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

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

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

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