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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. What effect does Jeff have upon returning home?

2. Where is Edith Bussey from?

3. Where is the Bussey farm located?

4. What does Jeff do at night with his new uniform?

5. Who is Emory Bussey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Stand Watie?

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

3. What does John Chadwick decide to do?

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

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

6. What is Jeff remembering as he plows the field?

7. What does Emory Bussey remember about Asa Clardy?

8. What detail does Jeff get at the Washbourne home?

9. What does Noah know about their new commander?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) What role does the family unit play throughout the story?

Part 2) Compare the Washbourne family to Jeff's family. In what ways are these two families different? In what ways are they similar?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Why did the author choose to write the story in past tense? What does it convey to the author?

Part 2) Why does the author reveal at the end of the story that Jeff will sleep on the ground for many years to come but not answer the question of whether he will be able to find Lucy?

Part 3) Would it have been as effective to write the story in present tense?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) What common ideas about the Civil War does this book challenge?

Part 2) Is it easily understood that Jeff was torn between the two sides after spending time with the Confederate men? Explain.

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