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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26 - 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is cited as the editor of Selected Civil War Letters of Edwine Willow?
(a) James Morgan.
(b) Jo Brunt.
(c) Constance Mays.
(d) Margaret Garrett.

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

4. What does Mrs. Abigail Blass say her husband was NOT in Chapter 27?
(a) Kind or patient.
(b) Rich or kind.
(c) Handsome or generous.
(d) Loving or affectionate.

5. Who is the fictional writer accredited with writing Lincoln: A Story for Boys in Chapter 8?
(a) Rose Milland.
(b) Maxwell Flagg.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) James Morgan.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Jane Ellis speaking in the opening of Chapter 27?

2. What word from Chapter 35 means feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress?

3. Who is described in Chapter 37 as constantly mumbling about his grandson's excellent university marks?

4. Who wrote Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House?

5. What color does Roger Bevins III describe wearing at Christmastide with his father in Chapter 27?

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