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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, March.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jeff's mother do that he enjoys the most?
(a) Cooks.
(b) Washes his clothes.
(c) Cuts his hair.
(d) Cleans.

2. 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 need to belong to a regiment.
(d) The rights of the slaves.

3. What is the name of Jeff's dog?
(a) Rind.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Ring.
(d) Robert.

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

5. What sounds on the Bussey farm in the case of emergencies?
(a) Edith's dinner bell.
(b) Emory's muzzleloader shotgun.
(c) Emory's large sea horn.
(d) Edith's loud screams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the bushwhacker do to Jeff?

3. Who is Emory Bussey?

4. Why does the captain become angry at hearing Jeff's full name?

5. Who questions the boys before their enlistment?

(see the answer key)

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