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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. Who does Will run into at the hotel on his wedding night?
(a) His ex-wife.
(b) His business partner.
(c) Winona.
(d) Another war veteran.

2. To what rank has Will promoted himself in his war stories by the time he is 36?
(a) Captain.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Sergeant.

3. Cassie tells Lucy that Lucy doesn't know how to be _____________.
(a) a wife.
(b) a friend.
(c) a mother.
(d) a boss.

4. What is the name of the part of town where Cassie lives?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Baby Africa.
(c) Hell's Kitchen.
(d) Urban Ghetto.

5. Where did the boy in #9 die?
(a) Fredericksburg.
(b) Appomattox.
(c) Antietam.
(d) Gettysburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Will keep his gun collection?

2. How long has Lucy lived at the nursing home?

3. What happens to Will a few months after the return from the trip?

4. Who was the Union soldier Will dragged into a ditch with him?

5. Why do the slaves remain at The Lilacs for awhile?

Short Essay Questions

1. How old are Lucy and Will when they meet and begin a courtship?

2. To what does Will attribute Cassie's aloof demeanor?

3. Why does Lucy allow Will to tell his war stories to the children in spite of her objection to them?

4. Who was Ned Smythe and what was his role in Willie's life?

5. How does the novel begin?

6. Why do most of the slaves remain at The Lilacs even after they are freed?

7. Why did Will make the trip to Massachusetts to meet with Simon Utts' family?

8. Which person does Lucy select as the topic of her paper on the Civil War, and how does she glean her information?

9. Even though Lucy is younger than Will, how does she view him regarding his emotional war wounds?

10. Why is Lucy concerned for Will during the family's trip to view Civil War sites?

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