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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 are the names of Samuel Gatewood's children?
(a) Layla and Donny.
(b) Leona and Duncan.
(c) Lana and Daniel.
(d) Laura and Denny.

2. Where does Alexander arrive in Part III, Chapter 29, just before a big fight?
(a) Lexington, Virginia.
(b) Williamsburg, Virginia.
(c) Fredericksburg, Virginia.
(d) Charleston, South Carolina.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Miss Marguerite begins telling the traveling young woman in Part I, Chapter 1 a story. When does the story take place?

3. What does Silas do for a living?

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

5. Miss Marguerite begins telling the traveling young woman in Part I, Chapter 1 a story. Where does the story take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Alexander assigned to Duncan's regiment?

2. What does Sallie pray for while working at the hospital in Part III, Chapter 30?

3. In Part III, Chapter 28, how does Maggie, now known as Marguerite, feel about her life with Silas?

4. What happens to Alexander during his first time in battle?

5. Why is Alexander called into the office of the acting keeping at the penitentiary in Part II, Chapter 18?

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

7. What does Catesby write to his wife Leona about from Camp Bartow, Virginia?

8. What was Miss Marguerite's name in 1857?

9. 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?

10. What is Jesse's new job in Part III, Chapter 31, at the hospital?

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