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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. Who is attributed as the author of Essay Upon the Loss of a Child?
(a) Maxwell Flagg.
(b) Rose Milland.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) James Morgan.

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

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

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

5. Who was Abraham Lincoln's secretary during his first term?
(a) William Stoddard.
(b) James Morgan.
(c) Maxwell Flagg.
(d) Jo Brunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Roger Bevins III attempt suicide?

2. The raining down of hats and laughter are described in Chapter 34 as the harbingers of whose approach?

3. What work is cited in Chapter 2 by David Von Drehle?

4. Who are the children that are constantly receiving presents in the vignette at the end of Chapter 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mrs. Delaney's plight described in Chapter 31?

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

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

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

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

6. What story does Elise Traynor relate to Willie in Chapter 13?

7. How is the appearance of Hans Vollman described in Chapter 9?

8. How is Mrs. Ellis's appearance described in Chapter 26?

9. How is the appearance of the Reverend Everly Thomas described in Chapter 9?

10. What is the unnatural predilection that Roger Bevins III describes in Chapter 9?

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