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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is cited as the author of The Union Citadel: Memories and Impressions?
(a) Margaret Garrett.
(b) Daniel Mark Epstein.
(c) Rose Milland.
(d) Jo Brunt.

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

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

8. How many children does Mrs. Abigail Blass say she had with her husband?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

9. Who is the former hunter that sits before a heap of animals he has killed in Chapter 37?
(a) Mr. Twood.
(b) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(c) Mrs. Delaney.
(d) Trevor Williams.

10. With whom does the narrator share dialogue in Chapter 1?
(a) Roger Bevins III.
(b) Litzie.
(c) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(d) Thomas Havens.

11. How did Roger Bevins III attempt suicide?
(a) He shot himself.
(b) He hung himself.
(c) He overdosed.
(d) He slit is wrists.

12. What is described on the doorsteps of the building in the beginning of Chapter 33?
(a) Red roses.
(b) White roses.
(c) Pink roses.
(d) Blue roses.

13. How many goats does Lieutenant Cecil Stone claim to have in Chapter 27?
(a) 26.
(b) 15.
(c) 19.
(d) 12.

14. What literary work is attributed to Ruth Painter Randall in the book?
(a) Our Capital in Time of War.
(b) Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House.
(c) Lincoln’s Sons.
(d) Twenty Days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote to President Lincoln regarding his first reception, asking if the President were aware there was a Civil War going on?

2. Who is attributed as the author of Essay Upon the Loss of a Child?

3. To what animals does Lieutenant Cecil stone compare the brides's movements in Chapter 29?

4. Upon whose face does the Reverend Thomas place his hands in Chapter 29?

5. Who is cited as the author of The Washington Powers?

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