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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) A year.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 9 months.

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

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

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

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

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

8. How many horses did Dearbhla, Eliza, and the Sharpshooter have when they fled to the mountain ridges?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

9. What is the name of the Alexandria surgeon who tends to the Sharpshooter when he is brought to Alexandria?
(a) Dr. O'Shea.
(b) Dr. O'Brien.
(c) Dr. Murphy.
(d) Dr. Malloy.

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

11. Where did the clothes Mama wears come from?
(a) Neighbor.
(b) A great-aunt.
(c) Church ladies.
(d) Widowed man.

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

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

14. 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?
(a) Magnolia.
(b) Redbud.
(c) Tulip poplar.
(d) Dogwood.

15. How many infantrymen crossed the Rapidan on May 3 at Germanna Ford?
(a) 95,000.
(b) 120,000.
(c) 110,000.
(d) 80,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Eliza have to get her rifle from after the man called Reb leaves?

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

3. During their trip after ConaLee and her parents are off the mountain, what type of trees does she see in the valley?

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

5. What does O'Shea give ConaLee and her mother to eat when they arrive at the asylum?

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