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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes issues with the preserving of meat being brought to the camp?
(a) Spread of smallpox.
(b) Lack of ice.
(c) Lack of water.
(d) Lack of salt.

2. On what day does Chapter 48 begin?
(a) February 6, 1778.
(b) January 19, 1777.
(c) February 14, 1778.
(d) April 5, 1778.

3. Chapter 45 begins on March 23, 1778 and spans to what date?
(a) February 14, 1778.
(b) February 13, 1778.
(c) April 4, 1778.
(d) March 22, 1778.

4. What does Curzon do with Bellingham's key while Bellingham is bathing in Chapter 55?
(a) He makes an imprint of it in candle wax.
(b) He steals it and runs.
(c) He drops in the sink.
(d) He uses it to unlock Isabel's collar while Bellingham is not looking.

5. What is Gideon doing when he collapses in the beginning of Chapter 45?
(a) Sweeping the kitchen.
(b) Drawing a bath for his master.
(c) Polishing silverware.
(d) Powdering Mister Morris's wig.

6. What does Isabel do in the ending of Chapter 53?
(a) She slaps Curzon.
(b) She kisses Curzon.
(c) She throws water on Curzon.
(d) She runs from the room.

7. What does Curzon say he tastes in the food that he eats at Moore Hall in Chapter 41?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Envy.
(d) Jubilance.

8. Where is Baron von Steuben from?
(a) Prussia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Germany.

9. Who is the mariner and former slave whose quote opens Chapter 37?
(a) Jehu Grant.
(b) Henry Laurens.
(c) Henry Knox.
(d) Olaudah Equiano.

10. How old did James Bellingham turn on the birthday described by Curzon in "Before"?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

11. Who is the servant that takes Curzon to see Bellingham in Chapter 36?
(a) Roberts.
(b) Gideon.
(c) Andrew.
(d) James.

12. On what date does Chapter 35 begin?
(a) February 7, 1778.
(b) February 14, 1778.
(c) December 22, 1777.
(d) June 1, 1778.

13. Whose letter to his brother Pierre describes the celebration of the French alliance in the opening of Chapter 56?
(a) John Bannister.
(b) Joseph Valentine.
(c) Private Joseph Plumb Martin.
(d) Colonel Philip van Cortlandt.

14. Who has become sergeant of Curzon's former unit in Chapter 46?
(a) Silvenus.
(b) Greenlaw.
(c) Brown.
(d) Eben.

15. Chapter 49 spans from April 6, 1778 to what date?
(a) June 3, 1778.
(b) April 4, 1778.
(c) April 29, 1778.
(d) February 13, 1778.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What recipe is described in the quotation that opens Chapter 38?

3. Who is the leader of France that has formally recognized the United States as an independent nation in Chapter 54?

4. Where does Eben say Aunt Patience's house is located in Chapter 47?

5. What encircles Isabel's neck?

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