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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. Who is General Watie's personal friend and an attorney on Grand River?

2. What is Hancock Mission?

3. What are the full blooded Cherokee Indians that are sympathetic to the Union called?

4. Who recognizes Jeff back at the Rebel camp?

5. What happens to the Brandts' home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What favor does Jeff do for the Negro slave?

2. What does Jeff tell Lucy about the Declaration of Independence?

3. How does Fort Gibson get its food?

4. Where do Jeff and Jim Bostwick end up on their scout?

5. Describe Boggy Depot.

6. What is Colonel Watie's plan that Jeff overheard?

7. When Jeff became ill, how does he get to the Jackmans' home?

8. Where do Jeff and Lucy spend their Sunday?

9. What is the "social duty" detail that Jeff is ordered to participate in?

10. What does Jeff know about bloodhounds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Describe Lucy's personality.

Part 2) What does it reveal about Lucy that she is willing to marry Jeff even though they have different views on the war.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Part 1) Find a piece of foreshadowing that stands out heavily in the reading. What does the author use to make the reader aware that this is foreshadowing?

Part 2) How would the story have been different without this moment of foreshadowing?

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