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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tried to discourage Emma from going on the battlefield at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Mrs. Butler.
(b) The Chaplain.
(c) Dr. Hodes.
(d) Genral McClellan.

2. How did James Vesey die?
(a) He was stabbed.
(b) He killed himself.
(c) He fell from his horse.
(d) He was shot in the neck.

3. What were the slaves delivering when they woke Emma?
(a) Ammunition to the front lines.
(b) Food to the sentry.
(c) Documents to the 6th company commander.
(d) Mail to the soldiers.

4. Who led the Potomac Army in March 1862?
(a) General Grant.
(b) General E Lee.
(c) General McCall.
(d) General McClellan.

5. What did the Confederate spy brag about?
(a) Stealing secret plans.
(b) Killing two officers.
(c) Luring a Union patrol into ambushes.
(d) Sabotaging Union canons.

6. Mrs. Butler was a descendant of ______________.
(a) A Boston high society family.
(b) A rugged pioneer family.
(c) A Irish family.
(d) A military family.

7. What was Emma's rank at the start of Chapter 2: March 19, 1862?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Captain.
(d) Private.

8. What did Emma ask the captain of the mail boat to bring her?
(a) A seamstresses dress.
(b) A minstrel wig.
(c) A man's gala suit.
(d) A rolling cart.

9. Why was Emma's father resentful?
(a) Emma was a tomboy.
(b) Emma didn't know how to cook.
(c) Emma ran from Canada.
(d) Emma was not a boy.

10. What allowed Emma to leave the camp at night?
(a) She was recruited as a sentry.
(b) She was recruited as a courier.
(c) She needed to bury another slave.
(d) She needed to dig a trench.

11. Whom did Emma have as an escort on her way out of the camp?
(a) Two armed men.
(b) The General.
(c) Mrs. Butler.
(d) The adjutant.

12. What was Emma allowed to use to gain crucial intelligence?
(a) Gold.
(b) Violence.
(c) Whatever means necessary.
(d) Her gun.

13. How old was Emma when she ran away from home?
(a) 16.
(b) 23.
(c) 21.
(d) 15.

14. Where did Emma say she was born when enrolling as Franklin Thompson?
(a) Montreal, Canada.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) New York City.
(d) St John, Canada.

15. How did Emma test her new identity out?
(a) She went to Mrs. Butler's tent.
(b) She went to the General's tent.
(c) She went to the officer's mess.
(d) She went to the medical tent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Emma observe before going inside the camp?

2. What disguise did Emma finally settle on?

3. What was Emma wearing around her neck?

4. What famous building did Emma witness the construction of?

5. Where did the Union soldiers gather according to Seymour Reit in Chapter 1?

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