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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Duncan tells his sister about the Union and Confederate troops camping so near each other that the music from the Union camp could be heard clearly. What song do the Union musicians play at the Confederate troops' request?
(a) Here's Your Mule.
(b) Bonnie Blue Flag.
(c) Southern Wagon.
(d) Dixie.

2. Who agrees to marry Duncan while visiting his old home?
(a) Martha.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Sallie.
(d) Maggie.

3. What happens to the surgeon who cut off the head of a black soldier and autopsied it?
(a) He does not get in trouble.
(b) He is put in jail.
(c) He is discharged from the army for his actions.
(d) He is sentenced to death.

4. In Part IV, Chapter 63, Sallie writes a letter describing her wedding. To whom does she write her letter?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Opal.
(d) Leona.

5. How is Catesby killed in battle?
(a) He is shot several times in the chest.
(b) He is shot in the head.
(c) He takes his own life.
(d) He is stabbed in the stomach.

6. What do the Union soldiers take from Marguerite and her servants as they are preparing to leave the city?
(a) Their cow and jewelry.
(b) Bags of clothing.
(c) Money and their horses.
(d) Their food.

7. What is supposed to arrive via rail the day of the holiday in Part III, Chapter 42, which has the men so excited?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Women.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

8. Who shoots the young Danzinger boy?
(a) One of the Union renegades.
(b) One of the Confederate renegades.
(c) One of the Union soldiers.
(d) Alexander.

9. At the beginning of Part III, Chapter 37, who are washing the corpse of Uther Botkin?
(a) Susie and Jack.
(b) Martha and Jacob.
(c) Anna and Jesse.
(d) Opal and Franky.

10. What do Jesse's men call Abraham Lincoln?
(a) President Lincoln.
(b) Master Abraham.
(c) Savior Abraham.
(d) King Lincoln.

11. What does Jesse think about the man that he sees coming down the road in Part IV, Chapter 52?
(a) He wishes he could talk to him.
(b) He does not sit well in a saddle.
(c) He is amazed that he gets to see him in person.
(d) He thinks he has a funny beard.

12. What does Jesse believe will be important for the success of his race?
(a) Arithmetic.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Reading.
(d) Hard work.

13. At the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 51, what are Abigail and Opal planting at the plantation?
(a) Peas.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Corn.

14. What does Catesby say to a fellow soldier right before he dies?
(a) "I will not give up fighting until every man and boy is dead."
(b) "The Union soldiers will not give up fighting until every man and boy is dead."
(c) "Virginians would fight until every man and boy was dead."
(d) Georgians will not give up fighting until every man and boy is dead."

15. What is the Confederate President's answer to Duncan's question at the event?
(a) The war happened because the Union is evil.
(b) The wounded are clothed better so infection will not spread.
(c) The fighting will stop when they have won.
(d) The wounded men are fed better so they will heal quickly and return to the field.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Duncan afraid has bewitched him?

2. Whom does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife hesitate to visit but eventually goes to see in Part III, Chapter 39?

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

4. Why is Duncan uncertain about marriage?

5. What did Uther teach Duncan and Jesse to do in their youth?

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