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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of berries edged Dearbhla's woods?
(a) Gooseberries.
(b) Mulberries.
(c) Raspberries.
(d) Blackberries.

3. How many months after the Sharpshooter fled with Eliza and Dearbhla, did they find refuge high up in an Appalachian mountain ridge?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

4. In "The Sharpshooter, Afflicted," how many rowboats rot in a bend of a stream?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

6. When was ConaLee born?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1860.

7. How old was the oldest baby when ConaLee walked up the ridge to Dearbhla's with him tied to her with her mother's shawl?
(a) 9 months.
(b) A year.
(c) A year and a half.
(d) 8 months.

8. What street is the Mansion House Hospital on in Alexandria?
(a) North Fairfax.
(b) Woods Drive.
(c) Albany Avenue.
(d) Bingley Road.

9. What is the name of the Yankee who tries to rape Eliza?
(a) William.
(b) Matt.
(c) Bart.
(d) John.

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

11. When the Sharpshooter fled with Eliza before the war, where did he hope to go with her?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Canada.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Virginia.

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

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

14. When Dearbhla goes east to find the Sharpshooter, how long has it been since she, he, and Eliza fled to the ridge?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 7 years.

15. Where did Eliza's father brand the Sharpshooter as a warning to leave his daughter alone?
(a) Left shoulder.
(b) Chest.
(c) Right shoulder.
(d) Back.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Papa tell ConaLee that he was in Weston with Witcher's Raiders?

2. Where did the clothes Mama wears come from?

3. What would ConaLee bring Dearbhla every week?

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

5. How many days does Dearbhla believe she has been on the road when she finds the hospital where she thinks the Sharpshooter is?

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