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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 does the doctor say to Jeff about his chest?
(a) That his chest is rounded.
(b) That his chest is small.
(c) That his chest is fine enough to get shot.
(d) That his chest could catch pneumonia.

2. Whose regiment enters the ambush from the South?
(a) Colonel Franz Sigel's.
(b) Colonel Fred Sigel's.
(c) Colonel Frank Sigel's.
(d) General Lyons'.

3. What does Jeff do at the Washbourne home for a meal?
(a) Fix the roof.
(b) Slop hogs.
(c) Chop firewood.
(d) Hoe the garden.

4. What does Jeff do at night with his new uniform?
(a) He folds it and puts it under his pillow.
(b) He sleeps in it.
(c) He hangs it neatly on the tent pole.
(d) He washes and irons it.

5. What does Jeff tell his family of the army?
(a) How hungry he is .
(b) How the shoes hurt.
(c) Stories of his new life.
(d) How horrible it is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeff do to the bean soup?

2. What do Jeff and Noah do in Rheas Mills?

3. What is Sergeant Mike Dempsey's job?

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

5. Jeff experiences difficulties with what while riding a horse?

(see the answer key)

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