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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. When was Minnesota admitted as a U.S. state?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1962.

2. Who is said to have written Accidental Jehovah: Will, Focus, and the Great Deed?
(a) Robert G. Twistings.
(b) Kristen Toles.
(c) Theodore Blasgen.
(d) Stephen Sears.

3. Who is the outspoken former boilermaker that occupies Lincoln in Chapter 77?
(a) Litzie.
(b) Mr. Cahoes.
(c) E. G. Frame.
(d) Stephen Sears.

4. Who is Hans Vollman's love that he has left behind?
(a) Sara.
(b) Marie.
(c) Anna.
(d) Rachel.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is attributed with writing Letters of a Union Fellow in Chapter 70?

3. Whose account is described in Voices of a Divided Land?

4. Who shared opium with the Barons?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the focus on the excerpts in Chapter 47?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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