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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 of the troops is the first to line up for the march?
(a) The auxillarymen.
(b) The artillary.
(c) The infantry.
(d) The cavalry.

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 is Sergeant Mike Dempsey's job?
(a) He tends the sick.
(b) He cleans the latrines.
(c) He tends the cook wagon.
(d) He tends the calvary horses.

4. 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.

5. What does Jeff tell the captain?
(a) "He wants to go home."
(b) "His bayonet is not broken."
(c) "He needs to go to the bathroom."
(d) "He did not understand the order."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Jeff information about Captain Clardy?

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

3. When the bushwhacker pulls his trigger what happens?

4. Who deserts the company before they cross the Missouri border?

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

(see the answer key)

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