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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jeff do to the bean soup?
(a) He switched it with dishwater.
(b) He ate it all.
(c) He added peppers to it.
(d) He poured it out to the pigs.

3. Why do Jeff and Dixie go walking in the Missouri woods?
(a) He is deserting.
(b) Looking for ripe persimmons.
(c) Hiding from Captain Clardy.
(d) Clearing his head.

4. How many miles is Noah Babbitt's longest walking trip?
(a) Nine hundred miles.
(b) Twenty miles.
(c) Nine miles.
(d) Nine hundred yards.

5. Who sounds the Bussey family alarm?
(a) Bess.
(b) Emory.
(c) Edith.
(d) Tess.

6. What do the new volunteers do when given their first order from Captain Clardy?
(a) They run to do the job.
(b) They do not move.
(c) They begin to cry.
(d) They look at each other and laugh.

7. What does Jeff leave on the mules?
(a) The blanket.
(b) The harness.
(c) The sadle.
(d) The bridle.

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

9. When Jeff returns to the home what does he see?
(a) The men choking his mother.
(b) The men holding his father at gunpoint.
(c) The men holding his sisters on their laps.
(d) The men eating his supper.

10. When he does not get the office he wants what does Clardy do?
(a) Leaves the North forever.
(b) Leaves the West forever.
(c) Leaves the East forever.
(d) Leaves the South forever.

11. Who is Lucy Washbourne's father?
(a) Levi Washbourne.
(b) Lee Washbourne.
(c) Leroy Washbourne.
(d) Lynn Washbourne.

12. Where does the regiment go from Fort Scott?
(a) Fort Smith.
(b) Linn County, Kansas.
(c) Van Buren,Arkansas.
(d) Cherokee Indian Nation.

13. What is on Jeff's new uniform?
(a) Lace trim.
(b) Sweat.
(c) Blood.
(d) Brass buttons.

14. What does Jeff want to with his life?
(a) Work on the farm.
(b) Be a preacher.
(c) Run a grocerystore.
(d) Join the army.

15. Who deserts the company before they cross the Missouri border?
(a) David Gardner.
(b) Asa Clardy.
(c) Jeff Bussey.
(d) Mike Dempsey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours of sleep does Jeff get after the Battle of Wilson's Creek?

2. Where does Jeff carry the wounded soldiers on ambulance duty?

3. Where does Jeff first meet Captain Asa Clardy?

4. Where does Jeff go the day after the fight?

5. What happens to Walter Van Orstrand?

(see the answer keys)

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