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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Battle of Wilson's Creek.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What encourages the neighbor boys to join Jeff on his way to Fort Leavenworth?
(a) Jeff's story of the bushwhacker skirmish.
(b) The need for adventure.
(c) The rights of the slaves.
(d) The need to belong to a regiment.

2. Why does Jeff leave home?
(a) To get the sheriff.
(b) To replace the mules.
(c) To go to his grandparents home.
(d) To volunteer for the Union army.

3. What does the doctor say to Jeff about his chest?
(a) That his chest is rounded.
(b) That his chest is small.
(c) That his chest is fine enough to get shot.
(d) That his chest could catch pneumonia.

4. Emory tells Jeff that Captain Clardy has what kind of ways?
(a) Sad and provocative.
(b) Strange and vindictive.
(c) Weird and dangerous.
(d) Harsh and brual.

5. Where does the regiment march to the battle?
(a) Springtown, Mississippi.
(b) Saint Lous, Missouri.
(c) Sacremento, California.
(d) Springfield, Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sounds the Bussey family alarm?

2. When he does not get the office he wants what does Clardy do?

3. Who tells David Gardner to go back to the army?

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

5. How many miles is Noah Babbitt's longest walking trip?

(see the answer key)

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