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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is General Hooker's nick-name?
(a) Hookin' em' Hooker.
(b) Fighting Joe.
(c) Hook and Sinker.
(d) General Joe.

2. Where do people come from to help repair the Creighton barn?
(a) All over the county.
(b) All over the state.
(c) All over the region.
(d) All over the town.

3. In what month does the Civil War officially end?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) April.

4. Who runs against Lincoln for his second term in office?
(a) McCLellan.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Grant.

5. What battle does Shadrach write about in Chapter 8?
(a) Gettysburg.
(b) Antietam.
(c) New Madrid.
(d) Pea Ridge.

6. What does Sherman give Lincoln as a Christmas present?
(a) The city of Savannah.
(b) The end of the war.
(c) News of a victory.
(d) A surrender from Lee.

7. Who takes on the care of the farm at the end of the book?
(a) Bill.
(b) Jenny and Shadrach.
(c) Eb and John.
(d) Matt.

8. Who does John see while tending to rebel prisoners?
(a) Tom.
(b) Bill.
(c) Eb.
(d) Shad.

9. Why does the Lawrence boy come home from the war in Chapter 7?
(a) He has a message to deliver.
(b) He is wounded.
(c) His time is up.
(d) His commander heard about his father's death.

10. What year does Chapter 12 take place in?
(a) 1864.
(b) 1866.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1854.

11. Why do federal agents come to the Creighton's house?
(a) They think a deserter is hiding in the barn.
(b) They want Jethro to join the army.
(c) They are investigating Hig Phillips' murder.
(d) Eb has gone missing.

12. Under what political party does Lincoln run?
(a) Democrat.
(b) Republican.
(c) Whigs.
(d) Liberal.

13. Who does Shad plan to vote for in the next presidential election?
(a) McClellan.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Grant.
(d) Lee.

14. What year was Jethro's barn destroyed?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1862.

15. Who led the Union in Chicamauga Creek?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Haskell.
(c) Grant.
(d) Hooker.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Creightons' receive help with their barn in which seasons?

2. What is the platform of the man running against Lincoln for his second term?

3. Which amendment is created during Chapter 12?

4. Who is causing widespread destruction in the area in Chapter 7?

5. Where is Shadrach when Jenny comes to be with him?

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