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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lesson did Jesse learn growing up that Duncan did not have to learn?
(a) How to make his own clothes.
(b) To work hard.
(c) When and how to keep his mouth shut.
(d) How to survive on very little food.

2. Where are Jesse and his company assigned to work in Part IV, Chapter 52?
(a) Cleaning latrines.
(b) At a factory.
(c) On a dock.
(d) Building a bridge.

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

4. What does Duncan never wear now that he has lost his arm?
(a) Long sleeved shirts.
(b) Shoes with laces.
(c) Shirts with buttons.
(d) Neckwear that requires tying.

5. While awaiting the arrival of his ship, why has Silas begun to be angry about Marguerite?
(a) He has begun to be angry about Marguerite's insistence that she remain away from society as much as possible.
(b) He does not like her son Jacob.
(c) She is flirting with a lot of his men.
(d) He has begun to be angry about Marguerite's attitude about his long hours at work.

6. Whom does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife hesitate to visit but eventually goes to see in Part III, Chapter 39?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Duncan.

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

8. What does Alexander seem to be almost proud of at the end of Part IV, Chapter 59?
(a) His crimes.
(b) His horse.
(c) His family.
(d) His friends.

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

10. 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.

11. Who is Duncan afraid has bewitched him?
(a) Midge.
(b) Sallie.
(c) Opal.
(d) Martha.

12. Where does Duncan return to two days after Christmas in Part IV, Chapter 60?
(a) Lexington.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Williamsburg.

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

14. What is the name of Silas's crew of blockade-runners?
(a) The Crazy Harry.
(b) The Wild Darrell.
(c) The Wild Farrell.
(d) The Crazy Perry.

15. What do the Union soldiers tell Marguerite's servants after besetting them on the road?
(a) That they should head to Mexico.
(b) That they are eventually going to die.
(c) That they had better turn around and go the other way.
(d) That they can come with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shoots the young Danzinger boy?

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

3. What does Catesby's daughter say her mother spends her time doing now that her father is dead?

4. How old is the newspaper that Jesse reads to his men about the Gettysburg Address?

5. In Part IV, Chapter 52, whom does Jesse and his company see coming down the road?

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