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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. What do some people do on battlefields when the war begins?
(a) Call for peace.
(b) Take pictures.
(c) Picnic.
(d) Protest.

2. Where does Jethro and his family live?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Virginia.

3. How was Jethro's well made unusable?
(a) Dave Burdow poured sand and stones in it.
(b) A sick animal died in it.
(c) A flood moved large stones over the top of it.
(d) Guy Wortman poured coal oil in it.

4. How did Jethro's barn get destroyed?
(a) A wind storm destroyed it.
(b) High rains flooded the river near the farm.
(c) Dave Burdow poisoned the hay feed for the animals.
(d) Guy Wortman burned it down.

5. What is the name of Jethro's mother?
(a) Emily.
(b) Ella.
(c) Emma.
(d) Ellen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is John going a week after reading Tom's letter?

2. Where is Jethro's oldest brother at the beginning of the book?

3. How far away from the Creighton's house is Shadrach's cabin?

4. How old is Jenny at the beginning of the book?

5. What is Ellen's nephew's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening at the very beginning of the book?

2. How old is Jenny, and what is her role in the household?

3. How is Jethro prepared for his first trip into town?

4. How does Jethro feel about the love between Shadrach and Jenny?

5. What happens to Jethro on his ride home from town?

6. What does Ellen's nephew do when he first comes to visit Ellen?

7. How do Jethro and his mother feel about the onset of the Civil War?

8. What happens at the Creighton table when the subject of the war is brought up?

9. What happens when Ellen hears the men all debating heatedly about the issues of the war?

10. What reward does Jethro get at the beginning of the book?

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