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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 month does the battle at Chancellorsville take place?
(a) March.
(b) April.
(c) May.
(d) June.

2. How does the family react when Jethro receives a letter back?
(a) They are shocked.
(b) They are confused.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They are happy.

3. What news does the Lawrence boy bring home from the war?
(a) Shad is wounded.
(b) Tom is dead.
(c) Eb is dead.
(d) Bill is alive.

4. Who sends some good logs over to help build the Creighton's barn?
(a) Ross Milton.
(b) Guy Wortman.
(c) Dan Lawrence.
(d) Dave Burdow.

5. What does Jethro use to write proper letters?
(a) Shad's teachings.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The book Ross gave him.
(d) A grammar book his mother gave him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is a known hide-out for deserters?

2. Who is sent to update the family record after getting the news from the Lawrence boy?

3. Who sends a letter to Shadrach about the battle at Chicamauga Creek?

4. Who takes on the care of the farm at the end of the book?

5. What battle was Shadrach wounded in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What helps Shadrach while he is with his aunt?

2. What does Shadrach's aunt write to the Creighton family about?

3. Where does John see Bill, and why?

4. What does Eb write about when he returns to his unit after deserting?

5. What good news does John send his family about Bill?

6. What does Jethro get upset about when the men are talking after building the new barn?

7. What happens when Jethro hears strange noises from the woods while working in the fields one day?

8. What does Jethro do when he is conflicted about Eb's desertion?

9. Where does Jethro go at the end of the book and why?

10. What happens that ruins the peace in Jethro's life after the war is ended?

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