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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color skirt does Roger Bevins III describe Miranda Debb as favoring in Chapter 29?
(a) Blue.
(b) Pink.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

2. Who wrote Abraham Lincoln: The Boy and the Man?
(a) Rose Milland.
(b) James Morgan.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) Maxwell Flagg.

3. Who insisted that Binlay was the finest house in Washington?
(a) Elise Traynor.
(b) Mrs. Delaney.
(c) Mr. Coombs.
(d) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.

4. What is the narrator's name in Chapter 1?
(a) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(b) Hans Vollman.
(c) Willie Lincoln.
(d) Thomas Havens.

5. What color does Roger Bevins III describe wearing at Christmastide with his father in Chapter 27?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

6. What does Abigail Blass describe her father buying for her at Christmastide to stop her from having a tantrum in Chapter 27?
(a) A goose.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A deer.
(d) A banjo.

7. What word from Chapter 35 means feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress?
(a) Decorous.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Inane.
(d) Dolorous.

8. To whom is Jane Ellis speaking in the opening of Chapter 27?
(a) Thomas Havens.
(b) Mrs. Abigail Blass.
(c) Litzie.
(d) Elson Farwell.

9. Who is cited as the author of The Washington Powers?
(a) Margaret Garrett.
(b) D. V. Featherly.
(c) James Morgan.
(d) Maxwell Flagg.

10. Who did Mrs. Lincoln hire to cater her state dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?
(a) Margaret Garrett.
(b) James Morgan.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) C. Heerdt.

11. Who is cited as the author of With Lincoln in the White House?
(a) James Morgan.
(b) John G. Nicolay.
(c) Maxwell Flagg.
(d) Jo Brunt.

12. Who does Roger Bevins III describe Mrs. Traynor singing merrily in Chapter 32?
(a) "The Sun Rises Above the Clouds."
(b) "A Heavy Bough Hung Down."
(c) "Amazing Grace."
(d) "The Star-Spangled Banner."

13. Who among Mrs. Abigail Blass's children does she describe as having a bad foot?
(a) Maribeth.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Elson.
(d) Sara.

14. Who is attributed as the writer of All This Did I See: Memories of a Terrible Time in Chapter 2?
(a) Margaret Leech.
(b) Margaret Garrett.
(c) Rose Milland.
(d) Daniel Mark Epstein.

15. Who is the author of Mr. Lincoln’s Washington?
(a) James Morgan.
(b) Stanley Kimmel.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) Margaret Garrett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who revived Tentini when he almost drowned?

2. Who is the fictional writer accredited with writing Lincoln: A Story for Boys in Chapter 8?

3. Who did Roger Bevins III fall in love with that did not reciprocate his feelings?

4. Who was Abraham Lincoln's secretary during his first term?

5. How many children does Mrs. Abigail Blass say she had with her husband?

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