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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 name of Silas's crew of blockade-runners?

2. Who is Duncan afraid has bewitched him?

3. Which of Marguerite's servants is pregnant?

4. What does Silas promise to Marguerite before he leaves to become a solider in the Confederate Army?

5. How old is the newspaper that Jesse reads to his men about the Gettysburg Address?

Short Essay Questions

1. While leading the A Company near Fairfax City, Virginia, what does the surgeon named Potts remind Jesse to have his men do?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. After being captured, why are the black soldiers pleading with the Confederates to be released?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Miss Marguerite is the narrator and one of the main characters in "Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War". Analyze the character of Miss Marguerite throughout her different name changes in her life: Midge, Maggie, and Marguerite. How did Marguerite change with each name? How does this influence the overall story? Where is Midge from, and where does she live? Who owns Midge? What is different about Midge's race from that of other slaves?

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