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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Margaret Garrett.
(d) Rose Milland.

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

5. To where does Mrs. Abigail Blass say she traveled repeatedly with her husband to visit his mother in Chapter 27?
(a) Fairfax.
(b) Cincinnati.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is cited as the author of Our Capital in Time of War?

2. What color does Roger Bevins III describe wearing at Christmastide with his father in Chapter 27?

3. Who among Mrs. Abigail Blass's children does she describe as having a bad foot?

4. Who is described in Chapter 37 as constantly mumbling about his grandson's excellent university marks?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Abraham Lincoln's demeanor described in the Wartime Washington: The Civil War Letters of Isabelle Perkins excerpt in Chapter 7?

2. How are Mr. Randall and Mr. Twood described?

3. How does Roger Bevins III describe Mrs. Abigail Blass in Chapter 26?

4. What does Abraham Lincoln do when he enters the mausoleum in Chapter 16?

5. What are some examples of cited excerpts included in Chapters 3 and 4? What information do they relate?

6. How does Roger Bevins III describe his suicide attempt in Chapter 9?

7. How is Mr. Collier described in the novel?

8. Why do Mr. Bevins and Mr. Vollman set out seeking Abraham Lincoln in Chapter 36?

9. Why does Willie refuse to pass on from the bardo for much of the novel?

10. What does the tendril that wraps Willie symbolic of?

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