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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 does Betsy Baron recall leaving at the Parade Ground in Chapter 27?
(a) Roger.
(b) Little Eddie.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Little Joey.

2. Who wrote The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage?
(a) Jo Brunt.
(b) Margaret Garrett.
(c) James Morgan.
(d) Daniel Mark Epstein.

3. Who wrote to President Lincoln regarding his first reception, asking if the President were aware there was a Civil War going on?
(a) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(b) Ben Wade.
(c) Daniel Mark Epstein.
(d) Margaret Leech.

4. What word from Chapter 32 refers to harsh and jarring sounds due to a lack of harmony?
(a) Discordant.
(b) Accoutremont.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Accent.

5. What word from Chapter 35 means feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Dolorous.
(c) Inane.
(d) Decorous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the reverend that joins the others in the bardo?

3. Who is the woman described in Chapter 31 that married her husband's brother after his death and then regretted it?

4. Who is cited as the author of With Lincoln in the White House?

5. How old was the narrator's bride in Chapter 1 when they married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the state dinner held by the Lincolns in the novel?

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

3. What is the inciting incident that transitions the plot to rising action?

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

5. Who is Flanders Quinn and how is he described?

6. What is notable about the dialogues of Eddie and Betsy Baron?

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

8. How is the appearance of Roger Bevins III described in Chapter 9?

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

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

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