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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 shoots the young Danzinger boy?
(a) One of the Union renegades.
(b) Alexander.
(c) One of the Union soldiers.
(d) One of the Confederate renegades.

2. What does Alexander's leader tell him to do when the person stumbles into their camp in Part IV, Chapter 54?
(a) He tells Alexander to shoot the runaway slave.
(b) He tells Alexander not to lay a hand on the boy.
(c) He tells Alexander not to lay a hand on the girl.
(d) He tells Alexander to tie the boy up and take him as their prisoner.

3. What does a recruiter for the army say to Jesse and the men working alongside him in Washington that they do not care for?
(a) That they should join the army or become slaves again.
(b) That they must join the army or starve to death.
(c) That they should join the army for vengeance against the Confederates.
(d) That they are not good enough to join the army, but they will take them anyway.

4. What is the name of Duncan's childhood servant who used to light the fire in his room?
(a) Parley.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Parker.
(d) Peter.

5. How does Silas describe the conditions in the Confederate Army?
(a) Okay.
(b) Sad.
(c) Excellent.
(d) Deplorable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Jesse and his company assigned to work in Part IV, Chapter 52?

2. Duncan is somewhat annoyed by the Confederate President at the event. What does he ask him?

3. While awaiting the arrival of his ship, why has Silas begun to be angry about Marguerite?

4. In Part IV, Chapter 63, Sallie writes a letter describing her wedding. To whom does she write her letter?

5. The work Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife does at the hospital is trying until she realizes the truth of her cousin's attitude. What does she realize?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sallie realize about her Cousin Molly's attitude in Part IV, Chapter 50?

2. What does the girl that is interviewing Marguerite tell her she is getting continual pressure to do in Part III, Chapter 39?

3. How does Jesse describe Abraham Lincoln after he sees him coming down the road in Part IV, Chapter 52?

4. After being captured, why are the black soldiers pleading with the Confederates to be released?

5. What does the army recruiter say that convinces Jesse to join the Union army?

6. How does Catesby die after the battle in Spotsylvania?

7. What does Silas tell his crew before he leaves to Richmond in Part IV, Chapter 57?

8. What does Jesse learn that the surgeon name Potts has done that upsets him?

9. What happens when Duncan meets Confederate President Davis at an event he attends with Sallie?

10. What do the Union soldiers tell Kizzy and Mingo after stopping them on the road as they leave Wilmington?

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