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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is at the Bussey house?
(a) Two older men with canes.
(b) Two young women with guns.
(c) Two young men with their wives.
(d) Two strangers with sawed off shotguns.

2. Who is Emory Bussey?
(a) Jeff's brother.
(b) Jeff's father.
(c) Jeff's uncle.
(d) Jeff's grandfather.

3. What effect does Jeff have upon returning home?
(a) Sad.
(b) Scared.
(c) Happy.
(d) Bitter.

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

5. What does the bushwhacker do to Jeff?
(a) Kicks him in the groin.
(b) Chokes him unconscious.
(c) Throws him out the frontroom window.
(d) Knocks him unconscious with his gun.

6. What did Jeff trap in the creek before he went in the army?
(a) Skunks and muskrats.
(b) Skunks and foxes.
(c) Muskrats and coyotes.
(d) Muskrats and otters.

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

8. Who gives Jeff information about Captain Clardy?
(a) Emory Bussey.
(b) Mike Dempsey.
(c) David Gardner.
(d) The army physician.

9. Where does the regiment march to the battle?
(a) Saint Lous, Missouri.
(b) Springtown, Mississippi.
(c) Springfield, Missouri.
(d) Sacremento, California.

10. How many miles do the troops march a day?
(a) Fifteen to eighteen miles.
(b) Twenty-five to thiry miles.
(c) Ten to twenty miles.
(d) Twenty to twenty-five miles.

11. How many men are in General Lyon's outfit?
(a) 3800 men.
(b) 3000 men.
(c) 1200 men.
(d) 2800 men.

12. What Cherokee commands a small Rebel cavalry unit and owns slaves?
(a) General Stand Watie.
(b) General Robert E. Lee.
(c) General Abraham Lincoln.
(d) General Jefferson Davis.

13. What does Emory tell Jeff to do?
(a) To go to town for some milk.
(b) To go peel some potatoes.
(c) To go pick some corn.
(d) To go unharness the mules.

14. Where does Jeff first meet Captain Asa Clardy?
(a) On the drill field.
(b) In the stables.
(c) Outside of town.
(d) Out in the garden.

15. What does the officer ask Jeff?
(a) When is his next birthday.
(b) Where to send his pay if captured.
(c) What to say to his sweetheart if he passes.
(d) What funeral home he wants used.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the men impersonate?

2. Who spent time as General Watie's prisoner?

3. What is the name of the shepherd dog Jeff befriends?

4. What is Jeff's punishment?

5. Where is the Bussey farm located?

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