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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 does the Washbourne house appear?

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

3. What do the sentries from both sides do this night?

4. What happens to the Brandts' home?

5. What is Hancock Mission?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jeff know about bloodhounds?

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

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

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

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

6. What does General Blunt ask of Jeff?

7. How does Fort Gibson get its food?

8. Where do Jeff and Lucy spend their Sunday?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) How do Jeff's ideas about war change from the beginning of the story when he is excited to be going off to war, until the end of the story when he is coming home?

Part 2) Are there more physical or emotional changes in Jeff? Explain.

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) Often in a story there will be a change in the reader's perception of something or someone, such as when Jeff begins to look at the Confederates he is spying on as friends. Pick out at least three other things in the story that change drastically in perception or in their role of antagonist or protagonist. Explain your choices.

Part 2) Why is it necessary to have protagonist and antagonist in a story?

Part 3) Write out an explanation proving Jeff is both an antagonist and protagonist.

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