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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the population of Alexandria at the time Dearbhla goes to find the Sharpshooter?
(a) 11,500.
(b) 13,000.
(c) About 15,000.
(d) Almost 12,000.

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

3. How many days does Dearbhla believe she has been on the road when she finds the hospital where she thinks the Sharpshooter is?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 6 .

4. When did Lieutenant-Colonel and his men take possession of Weston on September 26, 1864?
(a) Dawn.
(b) 11 a.m.
(c) 5 p.m.
(d) Dusk.

5. When is the Sharpshooter moved to the ward in the Alexandria hospital?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) May.
(d) June.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flowering tree does the Sharpshooter see that reminds him of Eliza when he and the others make their way through a wilderness of trees?

2. After his recovery, what month does the Sharpshooter notice someone riding up and down near the hospital in a buckboard?

3. How many infantrymen crossed the Rapidan on May 3 at Germanna Ford?

4. When ConaLee would give her mother milk, what would she add to the milk?

5. How long before Dearbhla left to find the Sharpshooter did she stir the smooth round stones from her mother in her mortar?

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