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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what do some of the men that Watson has arrested offer Charles Dana?
(a) A bribe to free them and return their files.
(b) The location of Confederate forces.
(c) A chance to learn the names of Confederate spies.
(d) Alcohol for Union troops.

2. Why is Nathaniel Bachelder arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(b) For warning recruits they will go to hell.
(c) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(d) For raising forces for the Confederacy.

3. Why is district attorney Ezra B. Chase arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For warning recruits they will go to hell.
(b) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(c) For breaking up a recruitment rally.
(d) For advising people to demand a peaceful settlement at the polls.

4. In Chapter 7, which great blockade running port is the last to fall?
(a) North Port, FL.
(b) Savannah, GA.
(c) Wilmington, NC.
(d) Charleston, SC.

5. In Chapter 5, what does Pardon Worsley convince clerks from several prominent businesses that he has the permits and power to do?
(a) Trade through enemy lines.
(b) Locate Confederate spies.
(c) Suspend the writ of habeas corpus.
(d) Sell alcohol to Union troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Dennis A. Mahony write after his release?

2. Which iron side steamship rams the USS Niphon?

3. Which legitimate sailors are sometimes mistaken for blockade-runners?

4. Which ship captures the Banshee in 1863?

5. In 1862, which governor arrests 70 "vile secessionists" and essentially keeps these civilians as hostages?

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