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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 do not move.
(b) They look at each other and laugh.
(c) They begin to cry.
(d) They run to do the job.

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

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

4. Who is the new commanding officer of the Kansas Volunteers?
(a) Sergeant David Gardner.
(b) Sergeant George York.
(c) Sergeant Jim Pike.
(d) Sergeant Stan Watie.

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

6. Where is Edith Bussey from?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Missouri.

7. What does Emory tell Jeff to do?
(a) To go unharness the mules.
(b) To go to town for some milk.
(c) To go pick some corn.
(d) To go peel some potatoes.

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

9. What does Jeff do at night with his new uniform?
(a) He hangs it neatly on the tent pole.
(b) He folds it and puts it under his pillow.
(c) He sleeps in it.
(d) He washes and irons it.

10. What is Levi Washbourne's rank in General Watie's cavalry?
(a) General.
(b) Captain.
(c) Private.
(d) Sergeant.

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

12. Emory tells Jeff that Captain Clardy has what kind of ways?
(a) Sad and provocative.
(b) Harsh and brual.
(c) Strange and vindictive.
(d) Weird and dangerous.

13. What is the name of Captain Clardy's former regiment?
(a) The Minnesota Volunteer Rifles.
(b) The Michigan Volunteer Rifles.
(c) The Mississippi Volunteer Rifles.
(d) The Missouri Volunteer Rifles.

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

15. Who do the men impersonate?
(a) Union Home Guards.
(b) Slave traders.
(c) Free State men.
(d) Drifters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Jeff Bussey?

2. How old is John Chadwick?

3. Why is Jeff disgusted with the army food?

4. How long was the drought in the Kansas Territory?

5. What does Jeff leave on the mules?

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