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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old is Jimmy Lear?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty four.

4. Of what war is Emory Bussey a veteran?
(a) The Kansas Territory War.
(b) The War between the Kansas-Missouri border.
(c) The War of 1812.
(d) The Mexican War.

5. Where does Jeff carry the wounded soldiers on ambulance duty?
(a) Back and forth to the amputation tent.
(b) To the morgue.
(c) Back and forth to the chaplain's tent.
(d) Back and forth to the latrine.

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

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

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

9. Who does Captain Clardy's former regiment elect as the Colonel?
(a) Jefferson Davis.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) Jackson Davis.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

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

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

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

13. How is the camp cook killed?
(a) He is shot in the battle.
(b) He is strangled.
(c) He is clubbed to death.
(d) He is stabbed in the back.

14. Why does the captain become angry at hearing Jeff's full name?
(a) It is the same as the Baptist preacher.
(b) It is a slave name.
(c) It is the same as the president of the Confederacy.
(d) It reminds him of his grandfather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim Veatch tosses what on a sumac bush?

2. Who deserts the company before they cross the Missouri border?

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

4. How does Jeff feel concerning the captain?

5. How old is Jeff Bussey?

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