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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 the regiment go from Fort Scott?
(a) Linn County, Kansas.
(b) Cherokee Indian Nation.
(c) Fort Smith.
(d) Van Buren,Arkansas.

2. How many men are in General Lyon's outfit?
(a) 3000 men.
(b) 1200 men.
(c) 3800 men.
(d) 2800 men.

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

4. Where are the Confederate soldiers camped out and sleeping?
(a) Bushy Creek.
(b) Smith's Creek.
(c) Lee Creek.
(d) Wilson's Creek.

5. Whose regiment enters the ambush from the South?
(a) Colonel Franz Sigel's.
(b) Colonel Frank Sigel's.
(c) General Lyons'.
(d) Colonel Fred Sigel's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was the drought in the Kansas Territory?

2. Jim Veatch tosses what on a sumac bush?

3. Why does the captain become angry at hearing Jeff's full name?

4. Who gives Jeff information about Captain Clardy?

5. What effect does Jeff have upon returning home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the loneliness volunteer in camp?

2. What is Bess's role in the encounter with the bushwhackers?

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

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

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

6. What does David Gardner decide?

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

8. What does Noah know about their new commander?

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

10. What does Jeff find at the Gardner place?

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