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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 44 – 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) March 2, 1836.
(b) March 3, 2012.
(c) August 16, 1915.
(d) March 25, 1917.

2. Who does Peter say was murdered in the night and his store looted in Chapter Nine?
(a) Amado Batista.
(b) Jonas McCullough.
(c) Tom Whipple.
(d) Miles Wallace.

3. Who does Peter suggest the new train station be named after in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Tom Whipple.
(b) Bill Hollis.
(c) Jonas McCullough.
(d) Miles Wallace.

4. Who does Peter claim “has stopped tending his crops and is instead driving around on his tractor, charging ten dollars (a week’s wages) to pull stuck trucks out of bogholes in the drilling fields” in Chapter Forty-five?
(a) Niles Gilbert.
(b) Grover Deshields.
(c) Pedro Garcia.
(d) Bill Hollis.

5. What arrives in the mail on the same day that Peter sends his sons to war in Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) A box of candy.
(b) A Tommy gun.
(c) A Lewis gun.
(d) A diamond necklace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Peter’s diary entry dated in Chapter Nine?

2. Who does Peter describe as renting out his pig stall for eighty dollars a week in Chapter Forty-five?

3. What unit does Eli sign up with during the U.S. Civil War?

4. When is Chapter Twenty-six set?

5. Where does Peter’s wife go after their sons leave for the war in Chapter Twenty-four?

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