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

2. What presidential candidate do Jeff and Emory go see on the Campaign trail?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Robert E. Lee.
(c) Jefferson Davis.
(d) Grover Cleveland.

3. Of what war is Emory Bussey a veteran?
(a) The Kansas Territory War.
(b) The Mexican War.
(c) The War of 1812.
(d) The War between the Kansas-Missouri border.

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

5. What happens to Walter Van Orstrand?
(a) He shoots his own father.
(b) He gets killed.
(c) He shoots off one of his own fingers.
(d) He shoots one of his own brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is John Chadwick?

2. What is Captain Clardy's first order to his company?

3. Who do the men impersonate?

4. Who questions the boys before their enlistment?

5. Jim Veatch tosses what on a sumac bush?

(see the answer key)

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