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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. Who do the neighbor boys tell when they leave with Jeff?
(a) The widow woman on the corner.
(b) Their parents.
(c) The army recruiter.
(d) No one.

2. Who gives Jeff information about Captain Clardy?
(a) Mike Dempsey.
(b) Emory Bussey.
(c) The army physician.
(d) David Gardner.

3. What did Jeff trap in the creek before he went in the army?
(a) Skunks and foxes.
(b) Muskrats and otters.
(c) Skunks and muskrats.
(d) Muskrats and coyotes.

4. Where does Jeff put the mules?
(a) The well house.
(b) The springhouse.
(c) The corral.
(d) The woods.

5. What happens to Walter Van Orstrand?
(a) He shoots off one of his own fingers.
(b) He shoots one of his own brothers.
(c) He gets killed.
(d) He shoots his own father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose regiment enters the ambush from the South?

2. Who is at the Bussey house?

3. What position did Captain Clardy covet in his former regiment?

4. What does the bushwhacker do to Jeff?

5. What does the officer ask Jeff?

(see the answer key)

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