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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells David Gardner to go back to the army?
(a) David's father.
(b) Jeff's father.
(c) Jeff's mother.
(d) David's mother.

2. 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 South forever.
(d) Leaves the West forever.

3. What is Jeff's fear as he leaves the house?
(a) That the men will take his sisters.
(b) That the men will sleep in his bed.
(c) That the men will eat all of the supper.
(d) That the men will kill his father.

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

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

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

7. Whose regiment enters the ambush from the South?
(a) Colonel Franz Sigel's.
(b) Colonel Frank Sigel's.
(c) General Lyons'.
(d) Colonel Fred Sigel's.

8. What is Jeff's full name?
(a) Jeff Darwin Bussey.
(b) Jeff David Bussey.
(c) Jefferson Davis Bussey.
(d) Jefferson David Bussey.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What of the troops is the first to line up for the march?
(a) The infantry.
(b) The artillary.
(c) The auxillarymen.
(d) The cavalry.

15. What is the Cherokee Indian Nation's capitol?
(a) Tahlequah.
(b) Chewey.
(c) Stillwell.
(d) Stillwater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeff promise to do if he survives the battle?

2. Where does Jeff go the day after the fight?

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

4. What presidential candidate do Jeff and Emory go see on the Campaign trail?

5. Emory tells Jeff that Captain Clardy has what kind of ways?

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