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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 machine does Roger Bevins III describe being invented during the war in Chapter 55?
(a) The radio.
(b) The phonograph.
(c) The telegraph.
(d) The telephone.

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

3. When did Millard Fillmore serve as President of the United States?
(a) 1823-1826.
(b) 1841-1845.
(c) 1901-1905.
(d) 1850-1853.

4. Who describes herself as dumb in Chapter 65?
(a) Jane Ellis.
(b) Betsy Baron.
(c) Elise Traynor.
(d) Miss Tamara Doolittle.

5. For how long did Mrs. Lincoln stay in bed following her son's funeral?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 12 days.
(d) 6 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose account of the Lincoln home is described in Chapter 56?

2. Who claims to have owned a pickle factory in Chapter 65?

3. When was Minnesota admitted as a U.S. state?

4. Who wrote the book Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War?

5. What word from Chapter 60 means irresponsible?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thomas Havens describe his life?

2. What do Vollman and Bevins realize about the passage of time in Chapter 55?

3. What are the prides of Professor Edmund Bloomer and Lawrence T. Decroix?

4. How did Elson Farwell die?

5. How is the experience of being in Lincoln described in Chapter 49?

6. How does Mrs. Francis Hodge describe Litzie's life?

7. How have the spirits of the bardo changed in apperance after occupying Lincoln in Chapter 77?

8. What is the outcome of the young lovers that is described in Chapter 77?

9. What does the Reverend Thomas describe of his transformation in Chapter 80?

10. To what sin does Captain William Prince confess? To whom does he confess?

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