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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife get to the jail after being sentenced?
(a) By horseback.
(b) By carriage.
(c) They walk.
(d) They are dragged.

2. What is the name of Samuel Gatewood's wife?
(a) Anna.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Adele.

3. Whom does Samuel Gatewood have help Uther Botkin's family after the death of his wife?
(a) Anna.
(b) Opal.
(c) Susie.
(d) Martha.

4. At the hospital that she works at, Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife has to dump piles of used bandages into a pit. What else does she see inside the pit?
(a) Hundreds of boots.
(b) Piles of torn up clothing.
(c) Piles of rotting human flesh.
(d) Piles of human heads.

5. What is Alexander quickly set up as in his new regiment because of his education and ability?
(a) A cook.
(b) A sergeant.
(c) A lieutenant.
(d) A courier.

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

7. What does Catesby and a fellow soldier do when a Union soldier stumbles into their camp?
(a) They take him as a prisoner.
(b) They fight him and he runs off.
(c) They kill him.
(d) They tell the boy to return the way he came.

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

9. What nickname has Samuel Gatewood's son earned from his classmates?
(a) Chief.
(b) Bucking Bronco.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Wheelhorse.

10. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife tell a young solider who asks if he is going to die?
(a) That she does not know.
(b) That he needs not to worry about it.
(c) The he will survive.
(d) That he will not live through the night.

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

13. How old is Uther Botkin?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Eighty-five.
(c) Sixty-five.
(d) Fifty-five.

14. Whose custody is Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife released into in Part II, Chapter 23?
(a) Uther Botkin.
(b) Cousin Molly.
(c) Samuel Gatewood.
(d) Opal.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Catesby tell Samuel he should send someone to get his son who has been wounded in battle?

3. While at the military institute listening to a speech, what does Samuel Gatewood's son see happen to a Union flagpole?

4. What are Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife forced to do while in jail?

5. 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?

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