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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who visits Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife in jail?
(a) Abigail's Cousin Molly.
(b) Opal.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Her friend Martha.

2. Who accompanies Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to the jail after they are sentenced?
(a) Opal.
(b) Samuel Gatewood.
(c) The warden and his wife.
(d) Uther Botkin.

3. How much money is the slave that Silas's nephew had sex with being sold for?
(a) Twelve hundred dollars.
(b) Two thousand dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Sixteen hundred dollars.

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

5. What is the name of Silas's nephew?
(a) Ernest Ommon.
(b) Ellam Omohundru.
(c) Enoch Ommar.
(d) Erik Ophikeans.

6. What do Samuel Gatewood's son and his friends do after some Union cadets rush them after listening to a speech at the military institute?
(a) They beg for forgiveness.
(b) They gather their weapons and return to regain their honor.
(c) They run and hide.
(d) The immediately begin fighting back.

7. What does Samuel Gatewood do after his slave's third attempt at running away?
(a) He whips him.
(b) He locks him in the cellar.
(c) He ties him up.
(d) He sells him.

8. Where is Samuel Gatewood's son hit by a bullet during battle?
(a) His stomach.
(b) His leg.
(c) His shoulder.
(d) His arm.

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

10. 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?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Fifty.

11. To whom does Catesby want Samuel Gatewood to write a letter?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Duncan.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Sallie.

12. While at the military institute listening to a speech, what does Samuel Gatewood's son see happen to a Union flagpole?
(a) It is waved around while everyone cheers.
(b) It breaks, sending the flag crashing to the ground.
(c) It is torn down.
(d) The pole is set on fire and the flag is burned.

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

14. Who arrives at the hospital to visit Duncan and apologizes for his melancholy attitude?
(a) Uther.
(b) Sallie.
(c) Opal.
(d) Samuel.

15. What are woman like Marguerite known as at the governor's party?
(a) Whores.
(b) Outside wives.
(c) Friendly companions.
(d) Non-wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the letter that he writes from camp, where does Catesby urge his wife to stay?

2. Why does the surgeon in Part III, Chapter 28, insist that all the Union soldiers be taken to another surgeon for the rest of the evening?

3. What happens to Duncan's horse during a battle in Chancellorsville, Virginia?

4. Years ago, what name was Miss Marguerite known by?

5. What is the name of Uther Botkin's daughter?

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