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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, The Cow Lot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jeff knock on the door of the clapboard house in the woods?
(a) To ask permission to cut down trees in the yard.
(b) To ask directions.
(c) To ask for permission to pick up apples in the yard.
(d) To ask permission to use the bathroom.

2. Why do Jeff's hands hurt after the battle?
(a) Beating Jimmy's drum.
(b) The muskets kick.
(c) Bare-knuckle fighting.
(d) The heat from the canon.

3. Why do Jeff and Dixie go walking in the Missouri woods?
(a) Looking for ripe persimmons.
(b) He is deserting.
(c) Hiding from Captain Clardy.
(d) Clearing his head.

4. As the battle rages, what does Jeff think about?
(a) His home in Linn County, Kansas.
(b) Lucy Washbourne.
(c) His next haircut.
(d) His next meal.

5. Where does Jeff go the day after the fight?
(a) Fort Smith.
(b) Fort Leavenworth.
(c) Fort Payne.
(d) Fort Sill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in the clapboard house in the woods?

2. What battle begins on December 7, 1862?

3. Who distributed the propaganda circulars that Noah read?

4. What does Jeff put on the cow's back?

5. What time of day do they begin walking?

(see the answer key)

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