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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. Whose account is detailed in The Villain Lincoln by R. B. Arnolds?
(a) Theodore Blasgen's.
(b) Robert G. Twistings'.
(c) Stephen Sears'.
(d) Darrel Cumberland's.

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

3. What made Litzie Wright a mute?
(a) Hereditary disease.
(b) Her throat was cut.
(c) Sexual assault.
(d) A field accident.

4. Who claims to have owned a pickle factory in Chapter 65?
(a) Eddie Baron.
(b) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(c) Thomas Havens.
(d) Lawrence T. Decroix.

5. Who is Tobin "Badger" Muller's wife?
(a) Edna.
(b) Elise.
(c) Emma.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word from Chapter 42 means to cease to resist an opponent?

3. Who confesses to starting a fire in Chapter 65?

4. Whose account is written in The War Years by Carl Sandburg?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is described in the account of Paul Riles, White House guard in Chapter 57?

3. What regrets are presented in Chapter 48?

4. How does Thomas Havens describe his life?

5. To what does Lance Durning attest in Chapter 65?

6. How are the Crutcher brothers and Mr. and Mrs. Reedy described?

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

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

9. How do Mr. Bevins and Mr. Vollman go about occupying Mr. Lincoln in Chapter 44?

10. How do the protagonists manage to sway Lincoln from leaving in Chapter 77?

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