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

2. How many miles is Noah Babbitt's longest walking trip?
(a) Nine hundred miles.
(b) Twenty miles.
(c) Nine miles.
(d) Nine hundred yards.

3. Who questions the boys before their enlistment?
(a) The major general.
(b) The drill sargeant.
(c) The enlistment officer.
(d) The physician.

4. Why did one-third of the population flee the Kansas Territory?
(a) The fear of starving.
(b) The fear of bushwhackers.
(c) The fear of open spaces.
(d) The fear of Indians.

5. How long was the drought in the Kansas Territory?
(a) Sixteen days.
(b) Sixteen months.
(c) Seven months.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the army doctor do to Jeff?

2. What does Jeff do to the bean soup?

3. Why does Jeff leave home?

4. Why does Captain Clardy punish Jeff?

5. Who is at the Bussey house?

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