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

2. What is Jeff's punishment?
(a) One week of daily kitchen duty.
(b) One week of daily laundry duty.
(c) One week of daily running.
(d) One week of daily latrine duty.

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

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

5. Why does Captain Clardy punish Jeff?
(a) Jeff refuses to change his name.
(b) Jeff refuses to clean the bathroom.
(c) Jeff refuses to brush his teeth.
(d) Jeff kicks him in the shin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the camp cook killed?

2. Why does Jeff leave home?

3. What time of day do they begin walking?

4. What does Jeff leave on the mules?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Stand Watie?

3. Describe Edith Bussey's homeland.

4. Describe Captain Clardy's countenance while speaking to Jeff at Wilson's Creek.

5. What does David Gardner decide?

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

7. What does John Chadwick decide to do?

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

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

10. What does Noah know about their new commander?

(see the answer keys)

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