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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. Who is the fictional author attributed with writing A Mother’s Trial: Mary Lincoln and the Civil War in Chapter 58?
(a) Marshall Turnbull.
(b) Jayne Coster.
(c) Margaret Garrett.
(d) Daniel Mark Epstein.

2. Whose account is described in Voices of a Divided Land?
(a) Robert G. Twistings.
(b) P. Mallon's.
(c) Theodore Blasgen's.
(d) Stephen Sears'.

3. Who claims that his brilliant unpublished tomes were burned in Chapter 65?
(a) Elton Traynor.
(b) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(c) Professor Edmund Bloomer.
(d) Thomas Havens.

4. Who is the nightwatchman that appears in Chapter 67?
(a) Robert G. Twistings.
(b) Thomas Havens.
(c) Tobian Clearly.
(d) Mr. Manders.

5. What is said to have happened to the young wife that the spirits performed l'occupation upon in Chapter 77?
(a) She was poisoned by her husband.
(b) She was shot by her husband.
(c) She overdosed.
(d) She hung herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character evolves into a being with multiple eyes, ears, noses, hands, etc. in Chapter 41?

2. Who is Hans Vollman's love that he has left behind?

3. Who details the life of Litzy Wright in Chapter 66?

4. Who attempts to drive the black former slaves across the fence in Chapter 66?

5. Whose account of the Lincoln home is described in Chapter 56?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the focus on the excerpts in Chapter 47?

2. What is the outcome of the young lovers that is described in Chapter 77?

3. How did Bevins and Vollman once cause a wedding?

4. How does Mrs. Francis Hodge describe Litzie's life?

5. How does Thomas Havens describe his life?

6. How do Mr. Bevins and Mr. Vollman go about occupying Mr. Lincoln in Chapter 44?

7. What is described in the account of Paul Riles, White House guard in Chapter 57?

8. What does Willie's suit symbolize in the novel?

9. What regrets are presented in Chapter 48?

10. How are the Crutcher brothers and Mr. and Mrs. Reedy described?

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