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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. Whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 7?
(a) Private Ezra Tilden's.
(b) General Gates's.
(c) Mayor Henry Dearborn's.
(d) British Ensign Thomas Anbury's.

2. What food does Eben take Curzon to eat at camp in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Firecakes and water.
(b) Chicken stew and biscuits.
(c) Potato soup and bread.
(d) Oranges and cherries.

3. Who is attributed to the quote that opens Chapter 2?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Ben Franklin.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

4. When does Curzon say Isabel ran off with their money in Chapter 1?
(a) August.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) October.

5. What troops does Curzon say have the most black soldiers of all the states in the camp in Chapter 7?
(a) The Georgia troops.
(b) The Maryland troops.
(c) The New Jersey troops.
(d) The Connecticut troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What date opens Chapter 3?

2. What object does Curzon weep over having lost in Chapter 6?

3. In what regiment is Eben assigned?

4. 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?

5. Who is the burly lad who claims to see Noah on the Hudson in Chapter 11?

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