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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Jesse?
(a) Uther Botkin's nephew.
(b) Uther Botkin's son.
(c) Uther Botkin's brother.
(d) Uther Botkin's slave boy.

4. What is the name of the family that Alexander works for food and stays with in Part III, Chapter 35?
(a) The Fredericks family.
(b) The Dillinger family.
(c) The Duggar family.
(d) The Danzinger family.

5. How does Silas react after learning that his nephew had sex with a slave?
(a) He flips over his nephew's chair and dumps breakfast and coffee on him.
(b) He punches him.
(c) He yells at him and tells him to leave.
(d) He does not mind at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Alexander demand that he be treated as a prisoner of war while in prison?

3. Whom does Uther Botkin's slave wish could help her with the planting, but can't because he is in jail?

4. What does a Confederate solider tell Rufus and Jesse before shooting Rufus in the chest?

5. How many years does the judge sentence Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to serve in jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Sallie marry Alexander Kirkpatrick in a hasty marriage?

2. Why does one of the surgeons, James Lane, ask that all the Union soldiers be taken to another surgeon for the rest of the evening?

3. While Sallie is working at the hospital, what does a young soldier ask Sallie to do for him?

4. What incident does Miss Marguerite begin with when telling her story to the young woman in Part I, Chapter 1?

5. What does the prison keeper tell Sallie about Alexander during one of her visits with Cousin Molly?

6. What does the judge sentence Sallie and Alexander to for being abolitionists?

7. How did Uther Botkin obtain his property that he now lives on?

8. What does Silas do to Ellam when he learns of his treatment of Maggie?

9. What happens at the military institute, where Duncan is present to hear a speech, which causes a fight?

10. What happens to Duncan's horse, Gypsy, during the battle in Chancellorsville?

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