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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jesse decide to go to look for a new job?
(a) A plantation.
(b) A bakery.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) Ramifications.

2. Why does Marguerite not want to have another baby?
(a) She wants to ensure that Silas will love Jacob as his own.
(b) She wants to ensure that Samuel will love Jacob as his own.
(c) She wants to ensure that Jesse will love Jacob as his own.
(d) She wants to ensure that Duncan will love Jacob as his own.

3. What must Alexander Kirkpatrick do if he wants to be pardoned from serving jail?
(a) Never harbor slaves again.
(b) Join the Union Army.
(c) Join the Confederate Army.
(d) Never sell slaves again.

4. As the story opens, what is the young woman traveling the countryside in search of?
(a) Those who remember the days of slavery.
(b) Those who remember her great-grandfather.
(c) Those who remember her great-grandmother.
(d) Those who remember the days of the Civil War.

5. What happens to Duncan and Catesby during the fighting in Part III, Chapter 28?
(a) They run away.
(b) They are both badly wounded.
(c) They are taken as prisoner.
(d) They survive and watch helplessly as wounded men die in the fields.

6. What does Catesby agree to on his final bet?
(a) To join the Northern Army.
(b) To join the Confederate Army.
(c) To marry his girlfriend.
(d) To run naked down the street.

7. What is the name of the hospital that Duncan is staying at after his injuries in Part III, Chapter 32?
(a) Camp Winder Hospital.
(b) Camp Wagner Hospital.
(c) Camp Wyatt Hospital.
(d) Camp Wayner Hospital.

8. What is the name of the horse that Duncan has had since he was a child?
(a) Lady.
(b) Trixie.
(c) Gypsy.
(d) Ruby.

9. What is the name of the camp that Catesby sends his wife a letter from in Part II, Chapter 14?
(a) Camp Bartow.
(b) Camp Charleston.
(c) Camp Williamsburg.
(d) Camp Birmingham.

10. After traveling to where the slaves are held, with whom does Silas's nephew have sex?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Martha.
(c) Sallie.
(d) Opal.

11. Who harbors a runaway slave in Part I, Chapter 7?
(a) Sallie and Alexander.
(b) Sammy and Alexander.
(c) Susie and Alexander.
(d) Sara and Alexander.

12. Where is the battle that Catesby and Samuel Gatewood's son are fighting in Part II, Chapter 19?
(a) Williamsburg.
(b) Charlottesville.
(c) McDowell.
(d) Lexington.

13. Whom does Marguerite accompany to an expensive gathering at the governor's mansion?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Silas.
(d) Samuel Gatewood.

14. Miss Marguerite begins telling the traveling young woman in Part I, Chapter 1 a story. When does the story take place?
(a) February 22, 1858.
(b) April 22, 1856.
(c) January 22, 1857.
(d) March 22, 1859.

15. Why is Samuel Gatewood's slave trying to run away?
(a) He is trying to find Maggie.
(b) He is trying to find Sallie.
(c) He is trying to find Rita.
(d) He is trying to find Martha.

Short Answer Questions

1. After attending church in Part I, Chapter 9, who begs Jack to put in a good word with Samuel Gatewood?

2. After dumping piles of used bandages into a pit, how many patients does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife tell the surgeon he has waiting for the day?

3. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife tell a young solider who asks if he is going to die?

4. Why is the person that Uther Botkin's slave wishes could help her with the planting in jail?

5. Whom does Samuel Gatewood have help Uther Botkin's family after the death of his wife?

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