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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 37 - 44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Ezra Tilden.
(b) Jehu Grant.
(c) Ebenezer Woodruff.
(d) Daniel Granger.

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

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

4. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 36 as "the first woman to write about her life in slavery" (169)?
(a) Anna Gates.
(b) Eileen Woodruff.
(c) Mary Prince.
(d) Abigail Adams.

5. What is the name of Curzon's brigade commander?
(a) Brigadier General Henry Laurens.
(b) Brigadier General John Smith.
(c) Brigadier General Enoch Poor.
(d) Brigadier General Daniel Granger.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom is the letter addressed to John Adams that opens Chapter 33?

2. To whom is John Howard's letter addressed which opens Chapter 31?

3. How long had the blizzard lasted when the skies finally clear in Chapter 29?

4. How far away is the camp that Curzon must travel to while carrying a wounded soldier in Chapter 6?

5. Who is the 17-year-old private whose journal is cited in the opening of Chapter 18?

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