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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What date opens Chapter 40?

2. What does Curzon do with Bellingham's key while Bellingham is bathing in Chapter 55?

3. What does Isabel do in the ending of Chapter 53?

4. Whose letter to his brother Pierre describes the celebration of the French alliance in the opening of Chapter 56?

5. What date is denoted in the opening of Chapter 46?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Baron von Steuben described?

2. What does Bellingham tell Curzon that makes Curzon unable to flee in Chapter 41?

3. How do Curzon and Isabel overcome Bellingham in Chapter 61?

4. What is Eben's plan for helping Curzon to escape in Chapter 47?

5. What is indicated by the display of Greenlaw's men in Chapter 56?

6. What information about Gideon does Isabel share with Curzon in Chapter 53?

7. Why does Curzon dress as he does when he goes to meet Bellingham at Moore Hall in Chapter 31?

8. What event does Curzon decide will be the best time to run away in Chapter 39? Why?

9. Why does Curzon begin destroying things and causing problems in Chapter 41?

10. Why does Isabel tell Curzon that she did not flee in Chapter 53?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Eben in Forge. How do Eben and Curzon meet? How would you describe Eben's demeanor? How does Eben help Curzon escape in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the conditions of the Valley Forge camp. What do Curzon and his company find when they arrive at the camp? How many soldiers are housed at the camp? What are the lacking necessities at the camp?

Essay Topic 3

Why do Curzon and Eben have a falling out that alienates them as friends? How is this obstacle overcome? How does the falling out change the characters?

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