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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, The Ride of Noah Babbitt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What encourages the neighbor boys to join Jeff on his way to Fort Leavenworth?
(a) The rights of the slaves.
(b) The need for adventure.
(c) Jeff's story of the bushwhacker skirmish.
(d) The need to belong to a regiment.

2. Why does Captain Clardy punish Jeff?
(a) Jeff refuses to change his name.
(b) Jeff kicks him in the shin.
(c) Jeff refuses to brush his teeth.
(d) Jeff refuses to clean the bathroom.

3. What is the name of Captain Clardy's former regiment?
(a) The Mississippi Volunteer Rifles.
(b) The Michigan Volunteer Rifles.
(c) The Minnesota Volunteer Rifles.
(d) The Missouri Volunteer Rifles.

4. What does the woman give Jeff to eat ?
(a) Light bread, apple butter and milk.
(b) Light bread, peanut butter, and milk.
(c) Soda , doughnuts, and bread.
(d) Apple butter, crackers, and milk.

5. What does General Blunt appoint Jeff to be?
(a) A scout.
(b) A general.
(c) A drummer.
(d) A prisoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeff recover from the Confederate courier?

2. What is Sergeant Mike Dempsey's job?

3. Where are the Washbourne women?

4. Who lives in the clapboard house in the woods?

5. Why is Jeff disgusted with the army food?

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