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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 is discovered in Lincoln's trouser pocket in Chapter 53?
(a) A letter.
(b) A watch.
(c) A pin.
(d) A lock.

2. What is the narrator's relationship to the person he is addressing in Chapter 41?
(a) She is his mother.
(b) She is his daughter.
(c) She is his wife.
(d) She is his sister.

3. Who confesses to starting a fire in Chapter 65?
(a) Tobian Clearly.
(b) Robert G. Twistings.
(c) Marshall Turnbull.
(d) Andy Thorne.

4. Who is attributed as the author of The Prairie Torment: Lincoln’s Psychology in Chapter 72?
(a) James Spicer.
(b) Robert G. Twistings.
(c) Stephen Sears.
(d) Maureen H. Hedges.

5. What sensation does Hans Vollman describe when sitting inside of Lincoln in Chapter 49?
(a) Cold.
(b) Bountiful.
(c) Burning.
(d) Warm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose account is described in They Knew Him, edited by Leonora Morehouse?

3. What machine does Roger Bevins III describe being invented during the war in Chapter 55?

4. Who describes being molested by Mr. Johns Melburn in Chapter 65?

5. Who is the narrator addressing in the opening of Chapter 41?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Miss Tamara Doolittle lament about in Chapter 65?

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

4. How did Bevins and Vollman once cause a wedding?

5. How did Elson Farwell die?

6. What does Willie's suit symbolize in the novel?

7. How does Thomas Havens describe his life?

8. What does the lock and key in Lincoln's pocket represent?

9. Who is Benjamin ("Benjy") and why is he mentioned by Mr. and Mrs. Baron in Chapter 65?

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

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