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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Catesby tell Samuel he should send someone to get his son who has been wounded in battle?

2. Whom does Marguerite accompany to an expensive gathering at the governor's mansion?

3. What must Alexander Kirkpatrick do if he wants to be pardoned from serving jail?

4. What is the name of the essay that Samuel Gatewood writes in Part I, Chapter 13?

5. How many years does the judge sentence Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to serve in jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Duncan's horse, Gypsy, during the battle in Chancellorsville?

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

3. What does Ellam Omohundru do with Maggie in Part I, Chapter 10?

4. What does Abigail's Cousin Molly bring Sallie when she comes to visit her in jail?

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

6. Why does one of the surgeons, James Lane, ask that all the Union soldiers be taken to another surgeon for the rest of the evening?

7. What happens at the military institute, where Duncan is present to hear a speech, which causes a fight?

8. How did Uther Botkin obtain his property that he now lives on?

9. 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?

10. Why is Alexander called into the office of the acting keeping at the penitentiary in Part II, Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel "Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War", is a novel centered around the Civil War. Research and study the Civil War and how it began. How did the Civil War start? What state was the first to secede? What did the soldiers who were in the Civil War have to endure? Why did the Civil War start? How did the soldiers feel at the beginning of the Civil War? Who was the president during the Civil War, for both sides, Union and Confederate?

Essay Topic 2

Description is the fiction-writing mode for creating a mental image of a story. Examine the use of description in "Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War". How does the author graphically describe life in Virginia during slavery and the Civil War? How are the characters described? How does the author use dialogue, imagery, and even sentence structure to help describe?

Essay Topic 3

Alexander and Sallie are hastily married and they both have conflicting feelings about it. They are both important characters to the story. Examine Alexander and Sallie's relationship throughout the story. How did Alexander and Sallie meet? Is Sallie nervous about taking Alexander home to meet her family? Why? How does Alexander feel about being married compared to how Sallie feels? Why do Alexander and Sallie grow apart? Do they ever get a divorce?

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