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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Roger Bevins III fall in love with that did not reciprocate his feelings?
(a) Gilbert.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Hans.

3. How old was Willie Lincoln when he died?
(a) 16.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

4. What is Cynthia's last name?
(a) Hoynton.
(b) Stone.
(c) Havens.
(d) Blass.

5. How old was the narrator's bride in Chapter 1 when they married?
(a) 22.
(b) 29.
(c) 18.
(d) 32.

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

7. The raining down of hats and laughter are described in Chapter 34 as the harbingers of whose approach?
(a) The approach of the Three Bachelors.
(b) The approach of God.
(c) The approach of Abraham Lincoln.
(d) The approach of the furies.

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

9. 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.

10. Who do Roger and Hans decide not to tell that they are going to pass by Mr. Lincoln in Chapter 36?
(a) Mrs. Delaney.
(b) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(c) The Reverend Everly Thomas.
(d) Mr. Twood.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary work is attributed to Ruth Painter Randall in the book?

2. Who is cited as the author of A Thrilling Youth: A Civil War Adolescence?

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

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

5. What does the narrator describe having happened to him on the day he and his wife plan to consummate their marriage in Chapter 1?

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