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

2. What does the doctor say to Jeff about his chest?
(a) That his chest is small.
(b) That his chest could catch pneumonia.
(c) That his chest is fine enough to get shot.
(d) That his chest is rounded.

3. What does Jeff do to the bean soup?
(a) He switched it with dishwater.
(b) He ate it all.
(c) He added peppers to it.
(d) He poured it out to the pigs.

4. How many hours of sleep does Jeff get after the Battle of Wilson's Creek?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Walter Van Orstrand?

2. During the physical what does the doctor mention to Jeff?

3. What effect does Jeff have upon returning home?

4. Who usually milks the Washbourne's cow?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David Gardner decide?

2. Why is Captain Clardy so hateful to the volunteer soldiers in his company?

3. What chores does Jeff attend to his one day at home on furlough?

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

5. What is Jeff remembering as he plows the field?

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

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

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

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

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

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