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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. What is the Confederate President's answer to Duncan's question at the event?

2. What has Catesby become now that he has "renounced his previous sinful ways"?

3. After one of her servants leaves her on the road, what does Marguerite use to carry a small ham and some other small belongings?

4. What is the name of Jesse's Captain in the army?

5. What lesson did Jesse learn growing up that Duncan did not have to learn?

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

3. Duncan runs into Midge, now Marguerite Omohundru, at an event, what do they talk about in their private conversation?

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

5. What do the Union soldiers take when they stop Marguerite and her servants on the road as they leave Wilmington?

6. After being captured, what does Alexander say when one of the officers asks him what happened to make him fall into this group?

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

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

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

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

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

Cousin Molly is an interesting character in that she seems to be clinging to the past that no longer exists. She becomes very important in Sallie's life and therefore an important character in the story. Analyze the character of Cousin Molly and her effect on Sallie. How does Molly meet Sallie? Why does Molly want to help Sallie? How does Molly use her humor to help get Sallie to trust her? What kind of person is Molly? How does Molly become a lifeline for Sallie during her prison sentence?

Essay Topic 3

Marguerite and Silas's relationship has quickly changed and grown into something more. In fact, Silas treats Jacob, Marguerite's child, as if he were his own. Analyze Silas and Marguerite's relationship and discuss how it changes throughout the novel. How do Silas and Marguerite meet? How does Marguerite really feel about Silas? Is she just using him for money? How does Silas really feel about Marguerite? Why is Marguerite worried about having a child with Silas?

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