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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives in the clapboard house in the woods?
(a) Mrs. Ivey.
(b) Mrs. Sigel.
(c) Mrs. McComas.
(d) Mrs. Lyons.

2. When Jeff returns to the home what does he see?
(a) The men holding his father at gunpoint.
(b) The men choking his mother.
(c) The men holding his sisters on their laps.
(d) The men eating his supper.

3. What is the name of the shepherd dog Jeff befriends?
(a) Darlin.
(b) Davis.
(c) Drago.
(d) Dixie.

4. What Indians make up the Union Indian Home Guards?
(a) The Apachee and the Seminoles.
(b) The Cherokees and the Creeks.
(c) The Creeks and the Seminoles.
(d) The Creeks and the Mounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Captain Clardy's former regiment?

2. What is Levi Washbourne's rank in General Watie's cavalry?

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

4. How old is Jimmy Lear?

5. What is Captain Clardy's first order to his company?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made Jeff's mind up about his 'dearest wish'?

2. What is Jeff's punishment for defending his namesake?

3. What are the other members of the family's roles during the encounter?

4. What detail does Jeff get at the Washbourne home?

5. How far did Noah Babbitt walk and why?

6. Why does Jim Veatch throw his playing card in the sumac bush?

7. How does the army punish the Rebel soldiers who violated their parole?

8. What are Jeff's father's views in the growing political dispute in their area?

9. Who is Stand Watie?

10. What does John Chadwick decide to do?

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