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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 8 - 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of whom does Curzon say in Chapter 11, "His rude manner declared him my enemy the first time he clapped eyes on me" (54)?
(a) Peter Brown.
(b) John Burns.
(c) Hugh Faulkner.
(d) Luke Greenlaw.

2. Whose quote describing the Battles of Saratoga opens Chapter 6?
(a) Private Ezra Tilden's.
(b) Major Henry Dearborn's.
(c) Jehu Grant's.
(d) British Ensign Thomas Anbury's.

3. What do the Patriot soldiers do as the British prisoners are marched in, in Chapter 10?
(a) They stand in silence.
(b) They sing.
(c) They kneel on one knee.
(d) The jeer and throw things.

4. What word from the novel refers to Germans who served but were not incorporated into the British Army?
(a) Infidels.
(b) Nazis.
(c) Recons.
(d) Hessians.

5. The author opens Chapter 9 with an excerpt of a journal from a soldier who enlisted in the Continental Army at the age of 13. What was his name?
(a) Ebenezer Woodruff.
(b) Jehu Grant.
(c) Daniel Granger.
(d) Ezra Tilden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is attributed to the quote that opens Chapter 2?

2. Who is described in Chapter 11 as "a farm boy said to be the fastest runner in the brigade" (54)?

3. Who is described in Chapter 11 as "a stoop-shouldered son of a fisherman who liked to draw" (54)?

4. Where did Curzon serve for Judge Bellingham?

5. Who is the Rhode Island slave whose pension application is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 4?

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