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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. What month was it when ConaLee took the boy to Dearbhla's during a time when the creek's were rising?
(a) July.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) August.

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

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

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

5. What would ConaLee bring Dearbhla every week?
(a) Milk.
(b) Flour.
(c) Salt.
(d) Eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How big was the house ConaLee left?

2. How old was Eliza when Dearbhla moved back to her own shanty?

3. 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?

4. What food does Papa give ConaLee for her supper when he stops the wagon to relieve Mama of her breast milk?

5. What does the man called Reb tell Eliza to throw on the grave of Bart?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Weed?

2. Where did the Sharpshooter, Eliza and Dearbhla find refuge, and how long were they safe?

3. What does the man named Reb make Eliza do after his companion is killed?

4. How was the Sharpshooter saved after he was burned and hit his head?

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

6. What does Papa tell ConaLee to tell her mother about where they are going?

7. What does ConaLee say about herself?

8. What does ConaLee see when they arrive at the asylum?

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

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

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