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

2. Why do Jeff and Dixie go walking in the Missouri woods?
(a) Looking for ripe persimmons.
(b) Hiding from Captain Clardy.
(c) Clearing his head.
(d) He is deserting.

3. Where is the Bussey farm located?
(a) Twin County, Kansas.
(b) Twin County, Kentucky.
(c) Linn County, Kansas.
(d) Winn County, Kansas.

4. Who is the sixteen-year-old neighbor that travels with Jeff?
(a) Ross Heifer.
(b) David Garner.
(c) Tess Parker.
(d) John Chadwick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Captain Clardy punish Jeff?

2. What does the army doctor do to Jeff?

3. How old is John Chadwick?

4. Who does Captain Clardy's former regiment elect as the Colonel?

5. How old is Jimmy Lear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jeff find when he returns home after hearing the seahorn blast?

2. What duty does Jeff draw the day after the Battle of Wilson's Creek?

3. What did the army cooks do with the stagnant pool water?

4. What does John Chadwick decide to do?

5. What impact does the raid by the Missouri bushwhackers have on Jeff?

6. What does Jeff find at the Gardner place?

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

8. What does Noah know about their new commander?

9. What happens to the boys on the first morning at Fort Leavenworth?

10. What does Jeff do for Mrs. Mccomas and how does he get paid?

(see the answer keys)

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