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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 does Jesse say that the "colored troops broke ranks" for when they see the man coming down the road in Part IV, Chapter 52?
(a) They run to Ulysses S Grant, touching his clothing and even his horse with great reverence.
(b) They run to Robert E. Lee, touching his clothing and even his horse with great reverence.
(c) They run to Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, touching his clothing and even his horse with great reverence.
(d) They run to Lincoln, touching his clothing and even his horse with great reverence.

2. What does Catesby say to a fellow soldier right before he dies?
(a) "I will not give up fighting until every man and boy is dead."
(b) "The Union soldiers will not give up fighting until every man and boy is dead."
(c) "Virginians would fight until every man and boy was dead."
(d) Georgians will not give up fighting until every man and boy is dead."

3. What does Catesby's daughter say her mother spends her time doing now that her father is dead?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Praying and crying.
(d) Singing.

4. What is the name of the surgeon who reminds Jesse that he will put money into a savings account for any man that requests it?
(a) Potts.
(b) Garner.
(c) Carter.
(d) Leroy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the surgeon who cut off the head of a black soldier and autopsied it?

2. Who shoots the young Danzinger boy?

3. What does Alexander seem to be almost proud of at the end of Part IV, Chapter 59?

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

5. Why is Catesby's son not a help to his family?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. While traveling on their way home from a prayer meeting, what does young Seth Danzinger talk about with Alexander?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Duncan tell Sallie happened when the Union and Confederate troops were camped very closely to each other in Part III, Chapter 39?

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

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