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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 do the sentries from both sides do this night?

2. Who does Jeff travel with to Fort Gibson?

3. What do Jeff and Noah do in Rheas Mills?

4. Who is the slave that tended Jeff?

5. The kind of people can use the church?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jeff know about bloodhounds?

3. Describe what Jeff sees at the hotel at Boggy Depot.

4. What does Jeff find in the Washbournes' cow lot?

5. Who is Frank Brandt?

6. What is done in the Jackman home to teach the girls good breeding?

7. What information does the letter in the haversack contain?

8. What information does Jeff gather the night he swims with the enemy?

9. Describe Boggy Depot.

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

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

Part 1) Why is it that Jeff couldn't sleep on the floor in the house when he returns home after so many years of sleeping outside?

Part 2) Speculate on what are some modern day habits that soldiers pick up that they continue once they return home?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Is it realistic that Jeff chose to go back to his Union side where he is badly treated rather than stay with Lucy?

Part 2) Would you have chosen your country over your true love? Explain your answer.

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