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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Eliza when Dearbhla moved back to her own shanty?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

2. What color is the room where Mrs. Bowman takes ConaLee and her mother?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

3. What is the only ward that Weed is allowed to be in?
(a) F.
(b) E.
(c) C.
(d) D.

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

5. After his recovery, what month does the Sharpshooter notice someone riding up and down near the hospital in a buckboard?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) November.
(d) October.

6. What was the scene on a blue flow plate that ConaLee's mother valued?
(a) Charleston, South Carolina.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Virginia Beach, Virginia.
(d) Chatanooga, Tennessee.

7. When were the twins born?
(a) February 1.
(b) January 1.
(c) April 1.
(d) March 1.

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

9. What does Eliza grab to try to kill the man called Reb?
(a) Gun.
(b) Knife.
(c) Nail.
(d) Piece of wire.

10. How tall does Papa tell ConaLee the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is?
(a) 200 feet.
(b) 150 feet.
(c) 250 feet.
(d) 300 feet.

11. To what ward does Mrs. Bowman take ConaLee and her mother?
(a) B.
(b) C.
(c) A.
(d) D.

12. How old is ConaLee's mother?
(a) 32.
(b) 35.
(c) Past her 30th year.
(d) Not quite 30.

13. When ConaLee and her mother get to the asylum, how many grains of the root Dearbhla gave ConaLee remain?
(a) 1.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What bird does ConaLee see after her father plays the harmonica and then leaves her to drive the wagon?

2. Where was Dearbhla's family from?

3. How old are the twins when ConaLee takes them to the neighbors'?

4. What did ConaLee's father call the boy baby?

5. How many months after the Sharpshooter fled with Eliza and Dearbhla, did they find refuge high up in an Appalachian mountain ridge?

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