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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jim Veatch tosses what on a sumac bush?
(a) His gunbelt.
(b) His deck of playing cards.
(c) His cowboy hat.
(d) His dogtags.

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

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

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

5. Who gives Jeff information about Captain Clardy?
(a) David Gardner.
(b) Mike Dempsey.
(c) The army physician.
(d) Emory Bussey.

6. How does Jeff get to Fort Leavenworth?
(a) He rides his mule.
(b) He rides the neighbor's wagon.
(c) He travels there on foot.
(d) He joins a wagon train.

7. Who deserts the company before they cross the Missouri border?
(a) Asa Clardy.
(b) Jeff Bussey.
(c) David Gardner.
(d) Mike Dempsey.

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

9. What happens to Walter Van Orstrand?
(a) He shoots his own father.
(b) He shoots one of his own brothers.
(c) He gets killed.
(d) He shoots off one of his own fingers.

10. Why does Jeff knock on the door of the clapboard house in the woods?
(a) To ask permission to cut down trees in the yard.
(b) To ask for permission to pick up apples in the yard.
(c) To ask directions.
(d) To ask permission to use the bathroom.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who spent time as General Watie's prisoner?

2. What does the doctor say to Jeff about his chest?

3. Where does the regiment march to the battle?

4. What does Jeff tell the captain?

5. What kind of Indian is Joe Grayson?

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