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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters Fifty-Four through Fifty-Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Duncan's childhood servant who used to light the fire in his room?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Peter.
(c) Parley.
(d) Parker.

2. Catesby plays cards with Samuel Gatewood's son and some other young men. What does he lose?
(a) A great deal of money and his watch.
(b) He does not lose.
(c) His favorite rifle.
(d) A little bit of money.

3. What do some of Samuel's slaves offer to help Uther Botkin's slave with?
(a) The summer planting.
(b) The winter planting.
(c) The fall planting.
(d) The spring planting.

4. How old is the newspaper that Jesse reads to his men about the Gettysburg Address?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) Four days.

5. What happens to Alexander and the group of renegades in Part IV, Chapter 59?
(a) They are captured and several of them are killed.
(b) They surrender to the enemy.
(c) They capture several Union soldiers.
(d) They escape into the forest and decide to live there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Duncan afraid has bewitched him?

2. What must Alexander Kirkpatrick do if he wants to be pardoned from serving jail?

3. What is Alexander's explanation for why he is a member of the renegade group?

4. What happens to the surgeon who cut off the head of a black soldier and autopsied it?

5. Duncan is somewhat annoyed by the Confederate President at the event. What does he ask him?

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