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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, The Cow Lot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Jeff's hands hurt after the battle?
(a) Bare-knuckle fighting.
(b) Beating Jimmy's drum.
(c) The heat from the canon.
(d) The muskets kick.

2. Who questions the boys before their enlistment?
(a) The major general.
(b) The physician.
(c) The enlistment officer.
(d) The drill sargeant.

3. What does Jeff put on the cow's back?
(a) Tar.
(b) Strawberry jam.
(c) Table salt.
(d) Honey.

4. What time of day do they begin walking?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Noon.
(d) Twilight.

5. Who distributed the propaganda circulars that Noah read?
(a) Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
(b) Confederate General T.C. Hindman.
(c) Confederate General Stand Watie.
(d) Confederate General George York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lucy's brother's name?

2. How many miles do the troops march a day?

3. Who lives in the clapboard house in the woods?

4. Where does Jeff go the day after the fight?

5. What does Jeff promise to do if he survives the battle?

(see the answer key)

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