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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 usually milks the Washbourne's cow?
(a) The slaves.
(b) The dairy hand.
(c) The daughters.
(d) The sons.

2. What does Jeff do at the Washbourne home for a meal?
(a) Fix the roof.
(b) Slop hogs.
(c) Hoe the garden.
(d) Chop firewood.

3. What does Jeff bring back to his messmates at camp?
(a) A sack of apples.
(b) A gallon of milk.
(c) A sack of persimmons.
(d) A case of apple butter.

4. Where does Jeff first meet Captain Asa Clardy?
(a) On the drill field.
(b) Out in the garden.
(c) In the stables.
(d) Outside of town.

5. What is Emory Bussey considered?
(a) A Slave State man.
(b) A Bushwhacker.
(c) A Free State man.
(d) A Rabblehouser.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Jeff have upon returning home?

2. Of what war is Emory Bussey a veteran?

3. Who gives Jeff information about Captain Clardy?

4. Why does Captain Clardy punish Jeff?

5. When Jeff returns to the home what does he see?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sergeant Jim Pike.

2. On his way back to Fort Leavenworth Jeff stops at the Chadwick farm and does what?

3. Where do Jeff and the Kansas Volunteers overtake the main force of the enemy being led by General T.C. Hindman?

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

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

6. Why does Jeff think Sparrow is murdered?

7. How far did Noah Babbitt walk and why?

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

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

10. On the third day of the march, Jeff discovered what?

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