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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were the slaves allowed to do after dinner?
(a) Drink water.
(b) Play ball.
(c) Wander the camp.
(d) Go to school.

3. What disguise did Emma reject for her new assignment?
(a) A nun.
(b) A Confederate soldier.
(c) A merchant.
(d) A woman from Louisville.

4. How many personnel constituted the medical team?
(a) 3.
(b) 14.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

5. What were the Confederate soldiers building south of Richmond?
(a) Defenses.
(b) A church.
(c) Ships.
(d) Fake canons.

6. How did Emma convince the captain of the mail boat to bring her what she needed?
(a) She asked nicely.
(b) She bribed him.
(c) She ordered him.
(d) She threatened to report him to the general.

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

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

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

10. Where did the Union soldiers gather according to Seymour Reit in Chapter 1?
(a) The Flint leather factory.
(b) The Flint prison.
(c) The Flint Courthouse.
(d) The Flint train depot.

11. Whose execution did Emma hear about a few days after telling Mrs. Butler of her secret?
(a) The second in command of the Potomac Army.
(b) Her brother.
(c) One of the Union's top spies.
(d) William Frost.

12. What show did Emma remember seeing in Washington?
(a) An African-American shopkeeper.
(b) A female merchant.
(c) A slave.
(d) A minstrel show.

13. Who helped Emma study for the covert operation?
(a) Major Crams.
(b) A defecting Confederate soldier.
(c) Major Butler.
(d) Mrs. Butler.

14. What did the Chaplain's wife bring to the wounded?
(a) New clothes.
(b) Books.
(c) News of their loved ones.
(d) Special treats.

15. What was Emma accustomed to wearing?
(a) A girly hat.
(b) Dresses.
(c) Men's clothes.
(d) Leather shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did Emma take for her first spy assignment?

2. Who tried to discourage Emma from going on the battlefield at the start of Chapter 4?

3. Why did Emma volunteer for the spy assignment?

4. What was Emma ordered to dig?

5. Where did Emma say she was born when enrolling as Franklin Thompson?

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