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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many doors are at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum?
(a) 1.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 20.

2. When Papa would come from town in the evening, what would he bring?
(a) Lamp oil, bread, and cheese.
(b) Meat, bread, and cheese.
(c) Tonic, bread, and cheese.
(d) Books, bread, and cheese.

3. When Dearbhla goes east to find the Sharpshooter, how long has it been since she, he, and Eliza fled to the ridge?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 5 years.

4. When Papa leaves ConaLee and her mother, how long does it say it will take for Mama's milk to dry up?
(a) 5 days.
(b) A week.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

5. How many days was Mama confined in the wagon when Papa took her and ConaLee to the asylum?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

6. How many days does Dearbhla believe she has been on the road when she finds the hospital where she thinks the Sharpshooter is?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 6 .

7. During their trip after ConaLee and her parents are off the mountain, what type of trees does she see in the valley?
(a) Willows.
(b) Ash.
(c) Oaks.
(d) Maples.

8. How tall does Papa tell ConaLee the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is?
(a) 250 feet.
(b) 150 feet.
(c) 200 feet.
(d) 300 feet.

9. How old was the oldest baby when ConaLee walked up the ridge to Dearbhla's with him tied to her with her mother's shawl?
(a) 8 months.
(b) A year.
(c) 9 months.
(d) A year and a half.

10. When were the twins born?
(a) February 1.
(b) January 1.
(c) April 1.
(d) March 1.

11. What is the population of Alexandria at the time Dearbhla goes to find the Sharpshooter?
(a) 13,000.
(b) About 15,000.
(c) Almost 12,000.
(d) 11,500.

12. How many infantrymen crossed the Rapidan on May 3 at Germanna Ford?
(a) 95,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 120,000.
(d) 110,000.

13. How many months after the Sharpshooter fled with Eliza and Dearbhla, did they find refuge high up in an Appalachian mountain ridge?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

14. What was the scene on a blue flow plate that ConaLee's mother valued?
(a) Charleston, South Carolina.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Virginia Beach, Virginia.
(d) Chatanooga, Tennessee.

15. What flowering tree does the Sharpshooter see that reminds him of Eliza when he and the others make their way through a wilderness of trees?
(a) Tulip poplar.
(b) Dogwood.
(c) Redbud.
(d) Magnolia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lieutenant-Colonel and his men take possession of Weston on September 26, 1864?

2. When was ConaLee born?

3. In "The Sharpshooter, Afflicted," how many rowboats rot in a bend of a stream?

4. What does O'Shea give ConaLee and her mother to eat when they arrive at the asylum?

5. What color is the door at the asylum?

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