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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 saying some things that Jesse and the men working alongside him in Washington do not like, what does the recruiter say that gains Jesse's attention?
(a) He says that white men are better soldiers.
(b) He says that they have to decide for themselves what to fight for.
(c) He says that they will be paid to be soldiers.
(d) He says that Lincoln is the reason that blacks are free to make a choice for themselves.

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

3. What does Duncan say will happen to the people of Virginia if the state falls?
(a) They will be "a pathetic group of people."
(b) They will be "a beaten people."
(c) They will be "a demolished people."
(d) They will be "a conquered people."

4. Where is Duncan staying at the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 60?
(a) Stratford Plantation.
(b) A hospital in South Carolina.
(c) A military institution in Virginia.
(d) Uther Botkin's place.

5. How is Catesby killed in battle?
(a) He is shot in the head.
(b) He is stabbed in the stomach.
(c) He is shot several times in the chest.
(d) He takes his own life.

Short Answer Questions

1. While traveling home from prayer meeting, renegades stop Alexander's buggy. What do they tell the Danzinger boy who is traveling with him?

2. After arriving in Analaston Island, District of Columbia, what does Jesse set the men immediately to work on?

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

4. What is the name of Catesby's bunkmate in Part III, Chapter 42?

5. What do the Union soldiers take from Marguerite and her servants as they are preparing to leave the city?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Duncan tell Sallie about Midge when she comes to visit him in the hospital?

4. Why have the renegades stopped the Danzinger family and Alexander's buggy in Part IV, Chapter 44?

5. How does Marguerite take control of the situation when Mingo leaves Kizzy pregnant and distraught on the road out of Wilmington?

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

7. What do Marguerite's grown children tell the girl who has been interviewing her at the birthday party?

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

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

10. What happens to Jesse and the other black soldiers who are captured by the Confederates after a battle?

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