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

2. How does Silas describe the conditions in the Confederate Army?

3. What does Catesby's daughter say her mother spends her time doing now that her father is dead?

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

5. What happens to Alexander and the group of renegades in Part IV, Chapter 59?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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. What does Sallie realize about her Cousin Molly's attitude in Part IV, Chapter 50?

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

9. What does the army recruiter say that convinces Jesse to join the Union army?

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

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 tells many stories of several different characters throughout the story. This is a literary device that writers use called a story-within-a-story. Explore the author's use of the literary device story-within-a-story in the novel "Jacob's Ladder". Is the author using stories-within-a-story to give it a more historical feel? Or is the author using stories-within-a-story to give background about particular characters or events? How is this literary device effective in the novel "Jacob's Ladder"?

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