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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41 – 63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the book Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War?
(a) Margaret Garrett.
(b) James R. Gilmore.
(c) Marshall Turnbull.
(d) Daniel Mark Epstein.

2. Whom does the narrator cite as the author of A Season of War and Loss?
(a) Margaret Garrett.
(b) James Morgan.
(c) Ann Brighney.
(d) Jo Brunt.

3. Upon whose face does the Reverend Thomas place his hands in Chapter 29?
(a) Jane Ellis's.
(b) Miranda Debb's.
(c) Thomas Havens's.
(d) Elson Farwell's.

4. What word from Chapter 32 refers to harsh and jarring sounds due to a lack of harmony?
(a) Accent.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Discordant.
(d) Accoutremont.

5. Who wrote Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865?
(a) Daniel Mark Epstein.
(b) Rose Milland.
(c) Margaret Leech.
(d) Ben Wade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mrs. Lincoln hire to cater her state dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

2. Who among Mrs. Abigail Blass's children does she describe as having a bad foot?

3. How did Roger Bevins III attempt suicide?

4. Who are the children that are constantly receiving presents in the vignette at the end of Chapter 1?

5. Who is described in Chapter 37 as a dandy who wishes his hair might be restored?

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