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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How old does the narrator say he was on his wedding day in Chapter 1?
(a) 46.
(b) 42.
(c) 35.
(d) 29.

5. Where was Queenie a prostitute?
(a) Flo's.
(b) Mary's.
(c) Perdy's.
(d) The White Horse.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

11. Who are the children that are constantly receiving presents in the vignette at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Antoine and Jackson.
(b) James and Jasper.
(c) Tad and Willie.
(d) John and Jerry.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What work by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt Jr. is cited in Chapter 1?

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

3. What is described on the doorsteps of the building in the beginning of Chapter 33?

4. Who among Mrs. Abigail Blass's children is described as being nervous after having submitted a poem in Chapter 27?

5. Who wrote Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865?

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