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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Jeff Bussey?

2. Where does Jeff put the mules?

3. Where does Jeff go the day after the fight?

4. How many hours of sleep does Jeff get after the Battle of Wilson's Creek?

5. Who tells David Gardner to go back to the army?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Stand Watie?

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

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

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

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

7. How far did Noah Babbitt walk and why?

8. Why does Jeff think Sparrow is murdered?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick one of the following to write about:

Part 1) If there were a Part 2 to RIFLES FOR WATIE what would the sequel be named and what would it be about?

Part 2) Lucy had an interesting story of her own to tell. Write a synopsis of what Lucy's story would have been about during the same period of time that Jeff's was going on.

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Often in a story there will be a change in the reader's perception of something or someone, such as when Jeff begins to look at the Confederates he is spying on as friends. Pick out at least three other things in the story that change drastically in perception or in their role of antagonist or protagonist. Explain your choices.

Part 2) Why is it necessary to have protagonist and antagonist in a story?

Part 3) Write out an explanation proving Jeff is both an antagonist and protagonist.

Essay Topic 3

The story was told in the third person point of view, from that of Jeff in a limited point of view.

Part 1) Would it have been possible for the story to have been told from the first person point of view? Explain.

Part 2) If the reader had had a wider point of view so that the thoughts and intentions of other characters were known, how would it have effected the story? Explain.

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