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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the armies stop using hot-air balloons for surveillance?
(a) People refused to fly them.
(b) They got caught too easily in trees.
(c) They were too expensive to run.
(d) The armies would shoot them down.

2. What is hanging from the confederate soldier's waist?
(a) A sword.
(b) An ax.
(c) A baton.
(d) A bayonet.

3. Who do the soldiers begin to bring into the barn?
(a) Interrogators.
(b) The wounded.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Women.

4. What is Mr. Willow's job?
(a) A journalist.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A writer.
(d) A preacher.

5. Who does the professor say is the only person who knows the answer?
(a) Colonel Sanders.
(b) Himself.
(c) God.
(d) Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal do the crowd think Homer is?

2. What illness does Homer think he has convinced the crowd at the dock he has?

3. What does Homer do when a hand comes near his crate?

4. What does Fleabottom call his medicine?

5. What does Fleabottom say is guaranteed about his medicine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the hot-air balloons used for in the Civil War?

2. What do the Confederates do with Homer when they capture him?

3. How does Mr. Brewster help out Homer in chapter fourteen?

4. Who is Mr. Willow?

5. How do Griswold and Homer escape?

6. How do the crowd react to Homer in the crate?

7. In what way is Mr. Willow not the ideal companion for Homer?

8. How does Homer describe Professor Fleabottom?

9. How does the Professor help Homer?

10. What do the traveling show learn about the war in chapter twenty six?

(see the answer keys)

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