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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who questions the boys before their enlistment?
(a) The physician.
(b) The drill sargeant.
(c) The enlistment officer.
(d) The major general.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. What battle begins on December 7, 1862?
(a) The Battle of Fort Sills.
(b) The Battle of Prairie Grove.
(c) The Battle of New Orleans.
(d) The Battle of Fort Smith.

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

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

15. What position did Captain Clardy covet in his former regiment?
(a) General.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Captain.
(d) Major.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of Indian is Joe Grayson?

2. What is Sergeant Mike Dempsey's job?

3. How is the camp cook killed?

4. What does Jeff bring back to his messmates at camp?

5. What is Jeff's punishment?

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