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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Dearbhla take shelter when she is caught in a storm when she is looking for the Sharpshooter?
(a) Cave.
(b) Evergreen grove.
(c) Under a bridge.
(d) In a barn.

4. 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) Dogwood.
(b) Tulip poplar.
(c) Magnolia.
(d) Redbud.

5. What bird does ConaLee see after her father plays the harmonica and then leaves her to drive the wagon?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Blue jay.
(c) Owl.
(d) Hawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is ConaLee when her father, the Sharpshooter, is injured?

2. When Papa leaves ConaLee and her mother, how long does it say it will take for Mama's milk to dry up?

3. When did Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride write about the tragedy that insanity required patients to leave their families?

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

5. Where did Eliza's father brand the Sharpshooter as a warning to leave his daughter alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What boy does ConaLee notice when the Night Watch takes her and her mother to an alcove?

2. What was Dearbhla's son's childhood like?

3. How did Dearbhla come to raise the child who became Eliza's husband?

4. What did the Sharpshooter do before he went to fight in the war?

5. How is the Sharpshooter injured?

6. How did ConaLee and her mother live before Papa came?

7. What happens when a man named Bart tries to rape Eliza?

8. What is Mama wearing and where did Papa get the clothes?

9. Who is Weed?

10. Who answers the door when ConaLee knocks at the asylum?

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