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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. Why does the captain become angry at hearing Jeff's full name?
(a) It is the same as the Baptist preacher.
(b) It is a slave name.
(c) It reminds him of his grandfather.
(d) It is the same as the president of the Confederacy.

2. Where does the regiment march to the battle?
(a) Springtown, Mississippi.
(b) Saint Lous, Missouri.
(c) Sacremento, California.
(d) Springfield, Missouri.

3. What does Jeff's mother do that he enjoys the most?
(a) Washes his clothes.
(b) Cleans.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Cuts his hair.

4. Who deserts the company before they cross the Missouri border?
(a) Jeff Bussey.
(b) Mike Dempsey.
(c) Asa Clardy.
(d) David Gardner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jeff leave home?

2. What encourages the neighbor boys to join Jeff on his way to Fort Leavenworth?

3. Where is Edith Bussey from?

4. What is the name of the shepherd dog Jeff befriends?

5. How is the camp cook killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emory Bussey remember about Asa Clardy?

2. Who is Stand Watie?

3. How many men in the Union were from Kansas?

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

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

6. Why does Jeff think Sparrow is murdered?

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

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

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

10. Who is the loneliness volunteer in camp?

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