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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Georgia troops.
(d) The Connecticut troops.

3. How far is the camp at Valley Forge from Philadelphia?
(a) 18 miles.
(b) 12 miles.
(c) 6 miles.
(d) 67 miles.

4. What dates are denoted in the opening of Chapter 23?
(a) March 18, 1778 - March 22, 1778.
(b) February 7, 1778 - February 11, 1778.
(c) December 31, 1777 - January 1, 1778.
(d) February 23, 1778 - March 17, 1778.

5. What is Curzon's actual age when he enlists in the armed services?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

6. What does the British Army do at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) The double reinforcements.
(b) The press forward.
(c) They retreat.
(d) They successully bomb the American fort.

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

8. Who is the New Hampshire Major whose journal is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 5?
(a) Major Ebenezer Woodruff.
(b) Major Jehu Grant.
(c) Major Thomas Anbury.
(d) Major Henry Dearborn.

9. On what date does Chapter 1 open?
(a) March 13, 1777.
(b) June 1, 1778.
(c) October 7, 1777.
(d) February 6, 1778.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What do they give to Sergeant Woodruff before they pack him on a litter to take him to get medical care in Chapter 22?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A half-bottle of rum.
(c) A bottle of vodka.
(d) A beer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Eben when his father sent him to live with his uncle?

3. What are Curzon and his companions force to eat in Chapter 16?

4. What does Curzon describe his regiment eating for dinner after working on the cabin in Chapter 19?

5. Whose shoes "fell apart completely" (96) when he has left the tent in Chapter 19?

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