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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 does Emory tell Jeff to do?
(a) To go pick some corn.
(b) To go peel some potatoes.
(c) To go to town for some milk.
(d) To go unharness the mules.

2. Where does Jeff put the mules?
(a) The springhouse.
(b) The well house.
(c) The corral.
(d) The woods.

3. 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 for permission to pick up apples in the yard.
(c) To ask directions.
(d) To ask permission to use the bathroom.

4. Who spent time as General Watie's prisoner?
(a) Joe Grayson.
(b) Jeff Bussey.
(c) David Garner.
(d) Stuart Mitchell.

5. Who is the new commanding officer of the Kansas Volunteers?
(a) Sergeant George York.
(b) Sergeant Jim Pike.
(c) Sergeant David Gardner.
(d) Sergeant Stan Watie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jeff disgusted with the army food?

2. What is the name of Captain Clardy's former regiment?

3. What sounds on the Bussey farm in the case of emergencies?

4. Who is Lucy Washbourne's father?

5. What does Jeff promise to do if he survives the battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jeff find when he returns home after hearing the seahorn blast?

2. What is Bess's role in the encounter with the bushwhackers?

3. On the third day of the march, Jeff discovered what?

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

5. Why does Jeff think Sparrow is murdered?

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

7. What chores does Jeff attend to his one day at home on furlough?

8. What did the army cooks do with the stagnant pool water?

9. How many men in the Union were from Kansas?

10. Describe Edith Bussey's homeland.

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