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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. What do the Union soldiers take from Marguerite and her servants as they are preparing to leave the city?
(a) Their food.
(b) Bags of clothing.
(c) Money and their horses.
(d) Their cow and jewelry.

2. Why is Duncan uncertain about marriage?
(a) He is not certain about his feelings for Sally.
(b) He is not certain about his feelings for Abigail.
(c) He is not certain about his feelings for Martha.
(d) He is not certain about his feelings for Maggie.

3. What does Duncan never wear now that he has lost his arm?
(a) Shirts with buttons.
(b) Long sleeved shirts.
(c) Shoes with laces.
(d) Neckwear that requires tying.

4. Why is Silas in the Confederate Army in Part IV, Chapter 61?
(a) He volunteered.
(b) Maggie wanted him too.
(c) He was drafted.
(d) He was forced; they would have killed him if he did not join.

5. Jesse travels to visit friends in a nearby company where he hears the men singing. What song does hear them singing?
(a) "There Is A Balm in Gilead".
(b) "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot".
(c) "Marching 'Round Selma".
(d) "We are Climbing Jacob's Ladder".

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catesby save from his holiday dinner to share with his bunkmate?

2. What happens to Jesse and several other black soldiers after they are captured by the Confederates in Part IV, Chapter 56?

3. Duncan tells his sister about the Union and Confederate troops camping so near each other that the music from the Union camp could be heard clearly. What song do the Union musicians play at the Confederate troops' request?

4. What holiday are Catesby and his fellow soldiers celebrating that they attend a prayer meeting?

5. What arrives on the train that has the men disappointed that they draw lots for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the Appomattox Courthouse that Duncan and Thomas Byrd are present at in Part IV, Chapter 68?

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

3. After telling his wife, Leona, in a letter that he has become a Christian, what does Catesby urge his wife, Leona, to do?

4. What happens to the young Union soldier who stumbles into the camp of Alexander and the other renegades in Part IV, Chapter 54?

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

6. After pulling over the Danzinger family's buggy, what do the renegades order Alexander to do after they question Seth about being a spy?

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

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

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

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

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