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

2. What is Sergeant Mike Dempsey's job?
(a) He tends the sick.
(b) He tends the cook wagon.
(c) He cleans the latrines.
(d) He tends the calvary horses.

3. Why does Jeff leave home?
(a) To go to his grandparents home.
(b) To replace the mules.
(c) To volunteer for the Union army.
(d) To get the sheriff.

4. What is Jeff's full name?
(a) Jeff Darwin Bussey.
(b) Jefferson Davis Bussey.
(c) Jeff David Bussey.
(d) Jefferson David Bussey.

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

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

7. What does Jeff's mother do that he enjoys the most?
(a) Cleans.
(b) Cooks.
(c) Cuts his hair.
(d) Washes his clothes.

8. What time of day do they begin walking?
(a) Noon.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Twilight.

9. Who distributed the propaganda circulars that Noah read?
(a) Confederate General T.C. Hindman.
(b) Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
(c) Confederate General Stand Watie.
(d) Confederate General George York.

10. What does Jeff do around the farm?
(a) Laze the day away in bed.
(b) Take his parents out for a picnic.
(c) Helps with the chores.
(d) Cements the wellhouse.

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

12. Where is Prairie Grove located?
(a) Western Mississippi.
(b) Western Arkansas.
(c) Western Kansas.
(d) Western Oklahoma.

13. What does Jeff bring back to his messmates at camp?
(a) A sack of apples.
(b) A sack of persimmons.
(c) A gallon of milk.
(d) A case of apple butter.

14. What is Jeff's punishment?
(a) One week of daily laundry duty.
(b) One week of daily kitchen duty.
(c) One week of daily latrine duty.
(d) One week of daily running.

15. As the battle rages, what does Jeff think about?
(a) His home in Linn County, Kansas.
(b) Lucy Washbourne.
(c) His next meal.
(d) His next haircut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the new volunteers do when given their first order from Captain Clardy?

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

3. When Jeff returns to the home what does he see?

4. What does Jeff do at night with his new uniform?

5. What sounds on the Bussey farm in the case of emergencies?

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