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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the company from that wins the cabin-building contest in Chapter 22?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Rhode Island.

2. Who is described in Chapter 11 as "a stoop-shouldered son of a fisherman who liked to draw" (54)?
(a) William Anderson.
(b) John Brown.
(c) Hugh Faulkner.
(d) Luke Greenlaw.

3. What does Curzon insist the young rebel soldier do in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Tell him his name.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Drink water.
(d) Run away.

4. What object does Curzon weep over having lost in Chapter 6?
(a) His tie.
(b) His hat.
(c) His blanket.
(d) His jacket.

5. In what regiment is Eben assigned?
(a) The 16th Massachusetts Regiment.
(b) The 12th New Hampshire Regiment.
(c) The 4th New York Regiment.
(d) The 1st Rhode Island Regiment.

6. Who receives Sergeant Woodruff's hat in Chapter 24?
(a) Eben.
(b) Curzon.
(c) Aaron Barry.
(d) John Burns.

7. What date opens Chapter 3?
(a) October 7, 1777.
(b) March 3, 1778.
(c) September 12, 1777.
(d) June 2, 1777.

8. Why is the washerwoman drummed from the camp in Chapter 15?
(a) For adultery.
(b) For murder.
(c) For espionage.
(d) For stealing.

9. How old does Curzon claim to be when enlisting in Chapter 9?
(a) Near 16.
(b) Near 18.
(c) Near 14.
(d) Near 17.

10. Who is given Sergeant Woodruff's pencil nubs after he dies?
(a) Hugh Faukner.
(b) Greenlaw.
(c) Eben.
(d) Curzon.

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

12. How many months have passed between the Prelude and Chapter 1?
(a) Nine.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

13. From what prison had Isabel freed Curzon in the novel's Prelude?
(a) Bridewell Prison.
(b) Hopewell Prison.
(c) McAlister Prison.
(d) Bannister Prison.

14. Who is the burly lad who claims to see Noah on the Hudson in Chapter 11?
(a) Silvenus.
(b) Burns.
(c) Greenlaw.
(d) Jackson.

15. Who is the Sergeant of the First Rhode Island Regiment that is quoted in the opening of Chapter 11?
(a) Sergeant Henry Dearborn.
(b) Sergeant John Smith.
(c) Sergeant Jehu Grant.
(d) Sergeant Thomas Anbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. With how many soldiers does Curzon share his tent after enlisting in Chapter 10?

2. What food does Eben take Curzon to eat at camp in the beginning of Chapter 8?

3. How far is the camp at Valley Forge from Philadelphia?

4. What date is denoted at the opening of Chapter 15?

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

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