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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. Where does Jeff put the mules?

2. What is Sergeant Mike Dempsey's job?

3. What does Jeff bring back to his messmates at camp?

4. What position did Captain Clardy covet in his former regiment?

5. What is Emory Bussey considered?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emory Bussey remember about Asa Clardy?

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

3. Describe Sergeant Jim Pike.

4. On the third day of the march, Jeff discovered what?

5. How far did Noah Babbitt walk and why?

6. What made Jeff's mind up about his 'dearest wish'?

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

8. Who is the loneliness volunteer in camp?

9. What is Jeff's punishment for defending his namesake?

10. What does John Chadwick decide to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lucy asks Jeff in her letter if he thinks of her and asks him to write back.

Part 1) What does Jeff most likely write back in his letter.

Part 2) What challenges did the people face in reuniting with their loved ones after the war was over?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Does it make the book more or less enjoyable to know it is a work of fiction? Would it make the book more interesting if its main characters had actually existed? Explain.

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