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

2. Who asks Jeff to go with him to the other side of the river?

3. The armed steamer is floating down what river?

4. Who is chasing Jeff?

5. What is in the cargo the Watie men plunder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does General Blunt ask of Jeff?

2. What is Jeff's punishment for refusing to participate in the execution?

3. How does Jeff survive the long walk back to Fort Gibson?

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

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

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

7. Why does Heifer leave the kitchen to fight alongside Jeff in his first battle with the Watie men?

8. After seeing Lucy, what happens to Jeff in Boggy Depot?

9. Describe Boggy Depot.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the beginning of the story Jeff, David Gardner and John Chadwick all leave together to go to war.

Part 1) Compare these three characters at the beginning of the story.

Part 2) From what is seen of these characters, explain what changes have occurred for each one over the course of the war.

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) The story is told from Jeff's point of view and it is understandable that Jeff is the main character. Pick a character that could easily be identified as the second most important character in the story. What did this character add to the story line and in what way did he or she affect Jeff?

Part 2) Jeff is the considered the protagonist of the story. Pick out a minimum of three antagonists of the story and explain their role.

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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