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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, Boggy Depot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jeff bring back to his messmates at camp?
(a) A sack of apples.
(b) A gallon of milk.
(c) A sack of persimmons.
(d) A case of apple butter.

2. What does Jeff promise to do if he survives the battle?
(a) Attend church regularly.
(b) Go to see Lucy.
(c) Go home to see his momma.
(d) Leave the army.

3. How does Jeff get to Fort Leavenworth?
(a) He joins a wagon train.
(b) He rides his mule.
(c) He rides the neighbor's wagon.
(d) He travels there on foot.

4. Who is at the Bussey house?
(a) Two strangers with sawed off shotguns.
(b) Two older men with canes.
(c) Two young men with their wives.
(d) Two young women with guns.

5. When the bushwhacker pulls his trigger what happens?
(a) The gun misfires and hits the bushwhacker.
(b) The gun goes off killing Emory.
(c) The gun's cartridge refuses to fire.
(d) The gun falls to the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jeff feel about Lucy?

2. Who gives Jeff a horse?

3. What is Hancock Mission?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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