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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bird does ConaLee see after her father plays the harmonica and then leaves her to drive the wagon?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Owl.
(c) Blue jay.
(d) Hawk.

2. What color is Mrs. Bowman, the matron, wearing when ConaLee first sees her?
(a) Dark green.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Navy.

3. How old is ConaLee when her father, the Sharpshooter, is injured?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 26 months.
(c) Not quite 3.
(d) Almost 4.

4. When did Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride write about the tragedy that insanity required patients to leave their families?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1854.

5. In 1864, when did the Army of the Potomac stay in Brandy Station?
(a) April and May.
(b) February and March.
(c) March and April.
(d) January and February.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the Sharpshooter moved to the ward in the Alexandria hospital?

2. Where did Eliza's father brand the Sharpshooter as a warning to leave his daughter alone?

3. How long was Dearbhla's mother failing before she died?

4. How old was Eliza when Dearbhla moved back to her own shanty?

5. How many doors are at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum?

(see the answer key)

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