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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Light Bread and Apple Butter.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Jeff leave home?
(a) To get the sheriff.
(b) To go to his grandparents home.
(c) To replace the mules.
(d) To volunteer for the Union army.

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

4. How is the camp cook killed?
(a) He is clubbed to death.
(b) He is strangled.
(c) He is shot in the battle.
(d) He is stabbed in the back.

5. What happens to General Lyon at the Battle of Wilson's Creek?
(a) He is wounded.
(b) He is the victor.
(c) He is killed.
(d) He runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emory tell Jeff to do?

2. How long was the drought in the Kansas Territory?

3. What do the new volunteers do when given their first order from Captain Clardy?

4. What is the name of Jeff's dog?

5. Who questions the boys before their enlistment?

(see the answer key)

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