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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. How many men are in the Union Patrol?

2. Who does Jeff befriend in the hole?

3. What does Jeff put on the cow's back?

4. What happens to the Brandts' home?

5. What do the Rebels use to track Jeff?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Boggy Depot.

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

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

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

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

6. What is Rebel coffee?

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

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

9. After the Battle of Prairie Grove what do Jeff and Noah do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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) 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.

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