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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. How many miles do the troops march a day?
(a) Twenty to twenty-five miles.
(b) Twenty-five to thiry miles.
(c) Fifteen to eighteen miles.
(d) Ten to twenty miles.

2. How many men are in General Lyon's outfit?
(a) 3800 men.
(b) 1200 men.
(c) 2800 men.
(d) 3000 men.

3. How old is Jimmy Lear?
(a) Twenty four.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Fourteen.

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

5. When he does not get the office he wants what does Clardy do?
(a) Leaves the North forever.
(b) Leaves the West forever.
(c) Leaves the South forever.
(d) Leaves the East forever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeff tell his family of the army?

2. What is Jeff's fear as he leaves the house?

3. Who sounds the Bussey family alarm?

4. When the bushwhacker pulls his trigger what happens?

5. Whose regiment enters the ambush from the South?

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