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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many horses does Lieutenant Cecil Stone claim to have in Chapter 27?
(a) Two.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

3. Who is described in Chapter 37 as having been kicked by a bull but still is looking forward to the dance?
(a) Merkel.
(b) Mr. Twood.
(c) Mrs. Delaney.
(d) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.

4. Who does Betsy Baron recall leaving at the Parade Ground in Chapter 27?
(a) Little Eddie.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Little Joey.
(d) Roger.

5. Who was Abraham Lincoln's secretary during his first term?
(a) Maxwell Flagg.
(b) William Stoddard.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) James Morgan.

6. How much money does Mrs. Abigail Blass supposedly have in the First Bank?
(a) $1,300.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $500.
(d) $234.

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

8. Who wrote to President Lincoln regarding his first reception, asking if the President were aware there was a Civil War going on?
(a) Ben Wade.
(b) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(c) Daniel Mark Epstein.
(d) Margaret Leech.

9. Who wrote The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage?
(a) James Morgan.
(b) Jo Brunt.
(c) Daniel Mark Epstein.
(d) Margaret Garrett.

10. Who is described in Chapter 37 as a dandy who wishes his hair might be restored?
(a) Mrs. Delaney.
(b) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(c) Mr. Twood.
(d) Posterbell.

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

12. Who among Mrs. Abigail Blass's children is described as being nervous after having submitted a poem in Chapter 27?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Elsa.
(c) Alice.
(d) Sara.

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

14. Who is cited as the author of Our Capital in Time of War?
(a) James Morgan.
(b) Margaret Garrett.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) Petersen Wickett.

15. What work by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt Jr. is cited in Chapter 1?
(a) Our Capital in Time of War.
(b) Rise to Greatness.
(c) Mr. Lincoln’s Washington.
(d) Twenty Days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 32 refers to harsh and jarring sounds due to a lack of harmony?

2. Who is cited as the author of With Lincoln in the White House?

3. Who is the reverend that joins the others in the bardo?

4. Who is cited as the author of The Union Citadel: Memories and Impressions?

5. With whom does the narrator share dialogue in Chapter 1?

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