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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 is Catesby involved in a terrible battle in Part IV, Chapter 47?

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

3. At the beginning of Part III, Chapter 37, who are washing the corpse of Uther Botkin?

4. On the way home from prayer meeting, whom is Alexander traveling with when their buggy is stopped by renegades?

5. What does Catesby tell his wife, in a letter, that he has given up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. Where does Jesse take Duncan after getting him out of the Confederate prison?

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

8. What do the Union soldiers take when they stop Marguerite and her servants on the road as they leave 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 does Silas tell Marguerite in a letter in Part IV, Chapter 61?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jesse is one of the main characters in "Jacob's Ladder" and is a slave of Samuel Gatewood's. He has been trying to find Maggie ever since she was sold. Analyze the character of Jesse and his importance in the story. Why does Jesse keep trying to run away? How is Jesse treated as a slave? How does Jesse feel about the war? What kind of person is Jesse? How has Jesse affected Maggie?

Essay Topic 2

In Part II, Chapter 26, Jesse and Rufus run away and learn that Abraham Lincoln has made the Emancipation Proclamation. Jesse and Rufus have no idea what they are taking about. Research the Emancipation Proclamation and examine how it affected the Civil War and slavery. How did it affect the outcome of the war? What did it entail? Why would Jesse or Rufus not know anything about it? When was it put into effect?

Essay Topic 3

Many of the characters in "Jacob's Ladder" have been going through tremendous changes in their lives since the war has begun. Explore the theme of coming of age, and analyze the changes in the different characters.

Part A) What does coming of age mean?

Part B) How can a catastrophic event like the Civil War cause tremendous changes in people?

Part C) How have some of the characters ideals and goals changed? What have the characters learned about themselves and life?

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