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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When ConaLee would give her mother milk, what would she add to the milk?
(a) Feverfew.
(b) Egg.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Milk thistle.

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

3. What food does Papa give ConaLee for her supper when he stops the wagon to relieve Mama of her breast milk?
(a) Dried apple slices.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Bread and cheese.
(d) Dried meat.

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

5. What does the man called Reb tell Eliza to throw on the grave of Bart?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Hairpins.

6. In 1864, how many wounded does the largest hospital hold in Alexandria?
(a) 600.
(b) 375.
(c) 250.
(d) 500.

7. How old does ConaLee tell Mrs. Bowman that she is?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 17.

8. What did a woman give Dearbhla after Dearbhla gave her a ride?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Sandwich.
(c) Pie.
(d) Water.

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

10. What name does the Sharpshooter take after he recovers in Alexandria?
(a) John Murphy.
(b) John O'Shea.
(c) John Malloy.
(d) Dr. O'Brien.

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

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

13. How old are the twins when ConaLee takes them to the neighbors'?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 18 weeks.
(c) 12 weeks.
(d) 4 months.

14. What is in the saddlebags of the man who tries to rape Eliza?
(a) Books.
(b) Pistol and knives.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

15. Where does Eliza have to get her rifle from after the man called Reb leaves?
(a) Grave.
(b) Blackberry bramble.
(c) Tree.
(d) Creek.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When ConaLee and her mother get to the asylum, how many grains of the root Dearbhla gave ConaLee remain?

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

4. What name does the sharpshooter have who is a West Virginian?

5. 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?

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