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

2. What is the name of Silas's nephew?
(a) Erik Ophikeans.
(b) Ernest Ommon.
(c) Ellam Omohundru.
(d) Enoch Ommar.

3. What is the name of the essay that Samuel Gatewood writes in Part I, Chapter 13?
(a) Remarks by a Southern Abolitionist.
(b) Remarks by a Slave Trader.
(c) Remarks by a Plantation Owner.
(d) Remarks by a Mountain Agriculturalist.

4. What happens to Alexander after he demands to be treated as a prisoner of war while in prison?
(a) He is given no food or water.
(b) He is put in a dark hole.
(c) He is flogged.
(d) He is whipped with a chain.

5. Why does a judge sentence Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to jail?
(a) For killing someone.
(b) For the mistreatment of slaves.
(c) For stealing money.
(d) For being abolitionists.

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman traveling the countryside meets up with a woman named Miss Marguerite. What story does she begin telling her?

2. Whom does Samuel Gatewood purchase from Uther Botkin?

3. What is the name of the surgeon who receives a telegram that makes him cry?

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

5. What must Alexander Kirkpatrick do if he wants to be pardoned from serving jail?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Opal help Uther Botkin with his daughter and his farm?

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

6. What happens to Duncan Gatewood when the storm, Cox's Snow, hits?

7. 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?

8. How do Rufus and Jesse escape Stratford Plantation?

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

10. Why is the woman at the beginning of Part I, Chapter 1, traveling the countryside?

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