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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 at the Bussey house?
(a) Two strangers with sawed off shotguns.
(b) Two young women with guns.
(c) Two young men with their wives.
(d) Two older men with canes.

2. Where is Edith Bussey from?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Arkansas.

3. When Jeff returns to the home what does he see?
(a) The men choking his mother.
(b) The men holding his sisters on their laps.
(c) The men holding his father at gunpoint.
(d) The men eating his supper.

4. How old is Jimmy Lear?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty four.

5. What effect does Jeff have upon returning home?
(a) Scared.
(b) Happy.
(c) Bitter.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells David Gardner to go back to the army?

2. Why does Jeff knock on the door of the clapboard house in the woods?

3. What does Jeff bring back to his messmates at camp?

4. Who is the sixteen-year-old neighbor that travels with Jeff?

5. Who gives Jeff information about Captain Clardy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sergeant Jim Pike.

2. What happens to the boys on the first morning at Fort Leavenworth?

3. What does Noah know about their new commander?

4. Where do Jeff and the Kansas Volunteers overtake the main force of the enemy being led by General T.C. Hindman?

5. Describe Captain Clardy's countenance while speaking to Jeff at Wilson's Creek.

6. On his way back to Fort Leavenworth Jeff stops at the Chadwick farm and does what?

7. Why does Jeff think Sparrow is murdered?

8. What impact does the raid by the Missouri bushwhackers have on Jeff?

9. Describe Edith Bussey's homeland.

10. Who is the loneliness volunteer in camp?

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