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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Roger Bevins III's family maid that he spoke unkindly to and was made to write her a letter?
(a) Anna.
(b) Sophia.
(c) Marie.
(d) Sara.

2. Who is the outspoken former boilermaker that occupies Lincoln in Chapter 77?
(a) E. G. Frame.
(b) Stephen Sears.
(c) Litzie.
(d) Mr. Cahoes.

3. Who claims that his brilliant unpublished tomes were burned in Chapter 65?
(a) Thomas Havens.
(b) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(c) Elton Traynor.
(d) Professor Edmund Bloomer.

4. What character evolves into a being with multiple eyes, ears, noses, hands, etc. in Chapter 41?
(a) Jo Brunt.
(b) Margaret Garrett.
(c) Mr. Bevins.
(d) Elson Farwell.

5. Whose account is detailed in The Villain Lincoln by R. B. Arnolds?
(a) Darrel Cumberland's.
(b) Stephen Sears'.
(c) Theodore Blasgen's.
(d) Robert G. Twistings'.

6. Whom does the narrator say died in the terrible fight in the opening of Chapter 41?
(a) Tom Gilman.
(b) Margaret Garrett.
(c) Elson Farwell.
(d) Jo Brunt.

7. What word in Chapter 46 refers to a person or thing that is detested or loathed?
(a) Cadaver.
(b) Entreat.
(c) Magnate.
(d) Anathema.

8. Who is said to have written Accidental Jehovah: Will, Focus, and the Great Deed?
(a) Theodore Blasgen.
(b) Stephen Sears.
(c) Robert G. Twistings.
(d) Kristen Toles.

9. Whose house does the Reverend Thomas describe next to his own as he died in Chapter 61?
(a) The Rednells' house.
(b) The Lincolns' house.
(c) The Stones' house.
(d) The Havens' house.

10. Who was President Polk succeeded by?
(a) President Lincoln.
(b) President Polk.
(c) President Tyler
(d) President Taylor.

11. Who is attributed as the author of The Rudderless Ship: When Presidents Flounder?
(a) Rose Milland.
(b) Maureen H. Hedges.
(c) Stephen Sears.
(d) E. G. Frame.

12. Who is attributed as the author of The Prairie Torment: Lincoln’s Psychology in Chapter 72?
(a) James Spicer.
(b) Maureen H. Hedges.
(c) Stephen Sears.
(d) Robert G. Twistings.

13. Who is cited as the author of "These Battle Memories" in Chapter 47?
(a) Marshall Turnbull.
(b) First Lieutenant Daniel Brower.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) Margaret Garrett.

14. What is the narrator's relationship to the person he is addressing in Chapter 41?
(a) She is his sister.
(b) She is his daughter.
(c) She is his wife.
(d) She is his mother.

15. Who is the narrator addressing in the opening of Chapter 41?
(a) Mary.
(b) Laura.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the fictional author attributed as having written “The Great War, as Described by Its Warriors"?

2. Who is the doctor that ssured Lincoln that Willie would recover?

3. Who describes being molested by Mr. Johns Melburn in Chapter 65?

4. Who is described in Chapter 53 as raging in frustration at drunken Anatomy students?

5. Who is attributed as the editor for Forgotten Voices of the Civil War?

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