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

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

3. Who is the wealthy man with several properties that Roger and Hans encounter in Chapter 38?
(a) Mrs. Delaney.
(b) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(c) Mr. Twood.
(d) Mr. Collier.

4. What is Cynthia's last name?
(a) Hoynton.
(b) Havens.
(c) Stone.
(d) Blass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Chapter 37 as a dandy who wishes his hair might be restored?

2. Who is cited as the author of A Thrilling Youth: A Civil War Adolescence?

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

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

5. Whom does the narrator cite as the author of A Season of War and Loss?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hans Vollman describe his death in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

5. Who are the Three Bachelors and how are they described?

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

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

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

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

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

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