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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 shared opium with the Barons?
(a) Jack.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Michael.
(d) Paul.

2. Who is the slave who speaks in a complicated and elaborate manner in Chapter 66?
(a) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(b) Elson Farwell.
(c) Robert G. Twistings.
(d) Tobian Clearly.

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

4. Whose account is described in Voices of a Divided Land?
(a) Stephen Sears'.
(b) P. Mallon's.
(c) Theodore Blasgen's.
(d) Robert G. Twistings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who succeeded President Pierce?

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

3. What sensation does Hans Vollman describe when sitting inside of Lincoln in Chapter 49?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Elson Farwell die?

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

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

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

6. What obstacle presents itself to Mr. Bevins and Mr. Vollman in Chapter 68?

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

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

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

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

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