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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Emma observe before going inside the camp?
(a) The rhythm of the sentry.
(b) The slave pen.
(c) The canon placement.
(d) Two sentries talking.

2. Who visited the camp prior to Emma's arrival?
(a) A Union Ambassador.
(b) A priest.
(c) General Robert E. Lee
(d) President Davis.

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

4. Whose mirror did Emma use to check her disguise in Chapter 5?
(a) The doctor's.
(b) Mrs. Butler's.
(c) The officer's lavatory.
(d) The General's.

5. What did Emma Edmonds do to avoid being discovered as a female?
(a) She drew a beard.
(b) She didn't talk.
(c) She pulled her cap down low.
(d) She put padding in her sleeves.

6. What did Emma tell the officer who asked her why she wasn't working?
(a) She worked earlier.
(b) She was tired.
(c) She hoped to get work in Richmond.
(d) She wanted to work later.

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

8. What were the slaves given for lunch?
(a) Cornbread and wine.
(b) Bread and water.
(c) Cornbread and gruel.
(d) Meat and bread.

9. Where was James Vesey assigned to at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) Company E.
(b) Company D.
(c) Company C.
(d) Company B.

10. Where did Emma and James first meet?
(a) Canada.
(b) Boston.
(c) Illinois.
(d) New York.

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

12. How long did a nurse's shift last?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 12 hours.

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

14. What did Emma do before sleeping on the first night inside the Confederate camp?
(a) She reapplied silver nitrate.
(b) She started to head back to the Union camp.
(c) She tried to sneak into the General's tent.
(d) She sent a message back to the Union Camp.

15. What name did Emma take for her first spy assignment?
(a) Biff.
(b) Buff.
(c) Cuff.
(d) Cliff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the slaves allowed to do after dinner?

2. What type of transport did Emma take to Fort Monroe?

3. What allowed Emma to leave the camp at night?

4. How were runaway slaves executed?

5. How did James Vesey die?

(see the answer keys)

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