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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jeff promise to do if he survives the battle?
(a) Attend church regularly.
(b) Go home to see his momma.
(c) Go to see Lucy.
(d) Leave the army.

3. Where does Jeff go the day after the fight?
(a) Fort Payne.
(b) Fort Sill.
(c) Fort Smith.
(d) Fort Leavenworth.

4. Where does Jeff put the mules?
(a) The well house.
(b) The springhouse.
(c) The woods.
(d) The corral.

5. What does Jeff tell the captain?
(a) "His bayonet is not broken."
(b) "He wants to go home."
(c) "He did not understand the order."
(d) "He needs to go to the bathroom."

6. Who spent time as General Watie's prisoner?
(a) Stuart Mitchell.
(b) David Garner.
(c) Jeff Bussey.
(d) Joe Grayson.

7. What is the name of Jeff's dog?
(a) Rind.
(b) Robert.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Ring.

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

9. What does the army doctor do to Jeff?
(a) Gives him a shot.
(b) Gives him a soft place to sleep.
(c) Gives him a physical.
(d) Gives him a hard time.

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

11. What Indians make up the Union Indian Home Guards?
(a) The Apachee and the Seminoles.
(b) The Creeks and the Mounds.
(c) The Cherokees and the Creeks.
(d) The Creeks and the Seminoles.

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

13. How old is Jeff Bussey?
(a) Sixteen-years-old.
(b) Seventeen-years-old.
(c) Fourteen-years-old.
(d) Twelve-years-old.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Captain Clardy's former regiment elect as the Colonel?

2. What does the bushwhacker do to Jeff?

3. Who questions the boys before their enlistment?

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

5. What does Jeff's mother do that he enjoys the most?

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