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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. The work Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife does at the hospital is trying until she realizes the truth of her cousin's attitude. What does she realize?

2. What does Catesby save from his holiday dinner to share with his bunkmate?

3. What did Uther teach Duncan and Jesse to do in their youth?

4. What does Duncan help Jesse do after they spend the night talking in an abandoned house?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Silas tell Marguerite in a letter in Part IV, Chapter 61?

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

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, why are the black soldiers pleading with the Confederates to be released?

7. How do Jesse's men react after he reads them the Gettysburg Address?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The book, "Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War", is set during the Civil War in the South. Several of the main characters are slaves, some characters are slave owners, and a few are even against slavery. Research and examine slavery before and during the Civil War. Where was slavery dominant in America? How were slaves treated? Was slavery the reason for the Civil War? How did slavery end? Did those for slavery accept the end of slavery right away?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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