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| Describe Jethro. | Jethro is 9 years old at the start of the Civil War; He's the youngest of 12 children in the Creighton family. He has yellow curly hair with blue eyes and loves to learn. He is "marked by Destiny" and takes over teh running of the farm at age 10. |
| Where does the story take place?her siblings. He has yellow curly hair with blue eyes and loves to learn and is respectful, caring and hard working | Southern Illinois |
| Describe Bill Creighton. | Jethro's favorite brother, he fights on the side of the south |
| Describe Eb Carron. | He's Matt's orphaned nephew. |
| Describe Jenny Creighton. | She's fourteen years old, the best cook in the county and very pretty. She wants to marry Shad. |
| Describe Matt and Ellen Creighton | They are the parents of Jethro and his siblings. |
| Describe Shadrach Yale. | He's the schoolmaster that Jethro admires and Jenny loves. |
| Describe Tom Creighton. | He dies at the Battle of Shiloh. He's only 19 years old. |
| John is especially close to which brother? | Bill |
| Who is Wilse Graham? | He's Ellen's nephew from Kentucky; he owns slaves and sides with the south. |
| What news does Shad bring from Newton? | The Confederates have fired on Ft. Sumter. |
| Why does Bill fight for the South? | He won't fight for arrogance and big money against the Southern f. |
| What was the first battle of the war? | The Battle of Bull Run/The Battle of Manassas |
| Who were the first to fight for the Union? | Tom and Eb |
| Who won the Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Wilson's Creek, and the Battle of Ball's Bluff | They were all Confederate victories. |
| How did Ulysses S. Grant get his nickname of "Unconditional Surrender" Grant? | He refused to accept General's Buckner's attempt to negotiate terms of surrender and demanded "an unconditional and immediate surrender" |
| What battles does Tom describe in his letter back home? | Fort Henry and Fort Donelson |
| Who attacks Jethro at Sam Gardiner's store and then again on the way home from Newton | Guy Wortman |
| Who rescues Jethro from being ambushed on the way home from Newton | Dave Burdow |
| Who is Travis Burdow? | Dave Burdow's son, a Union soldier, and the man responsible for killing Mary Creighton |
| Who is a cracker barrel hero in the story? | Guy Wortman |
| What does the word" Copperhead" mean during the Civil War | Someone who lives in the North, but secretly supports the South |
| How did Jeth feel about going to town by himself? | He felt proud; it was a rite of passage for a boy becoming a man. |
| How far away is Newton from Jethro's farm? | 15 miles |
| Why did Jethro go to Newton? | Ellen gets headaches if she doesn't have coffee to drink. |
| With whom did Jethro have lunch in Newton? | Ross Milton |
| Why did Guy Wortman haeass Jethro in Sam Gardiner's store? | Because Bill had gone to fight for the South/the rebel (and because that's just the sort of bully he is!)s |
| What happened to Matt Creighton when he heard about what happened to Jethro in Newton? | He had a heart attack. |
| What did Guy Wortman and his gang leave at the Creighton's gate late one night? | A bundle of switches to indicate punihsment to come. |
| What happened after the Creightons went to bed one night after the bundle of switches had been left? | Their barn was burned, and someone poured coal oil down their well. |
| When Ross Milton wrote a letter to the "patriots" who had "defiled Matt Creightons' well", he was using what literary device? | Juvenalian satire; he was being harshly ironic! |
| Name three Confederate generals. | Lee, Jackson, Longstreet, Pike, McCullogh, Bragg, Van Dorn, Jonston |
| Name three Union generals. | McClellan, Grant, Buell, Halleck, Meade, Sheridan, Thomas, Hooker, Burnside, Sherman, Sigel, Rosecrans, Thomas, McCook, Curtis |
| Who fought at Antietam? | Shad |
| Who fought at Stones River? | John |
| In what battle was Shad injured? | Gettysburg |
| Why did Matthew not want Jenny to marry Shad at the beginning of the war? | She was too young to marry at 14 or 15 years old! |
| What does Jack Roscoe want Jethro to pick up in Newton? | a newspaper |
| Who fought at Antietam? | Shad |
| Who fought at Stones River? | John |
| Who is the "skeleton" in the Union uniform who makes the turkey calls in the woods? | Eb |
| Whom does John find among the reb prisoners? | Bill |
| To whom does Jethro write a letter about Eb being a deserter? | Abraham Lincoln |
| When (the actual date in Month/Day/Year format) is Jenny's wedding to Shad | August 14, 1863 |
| What was the name of Shad's aunt who wrote to Jenny of Shad's critical condition? | Aunt Victoria |
| Who was the Rock of Chickamauga? | General George Thomas |
| Who was elected to a second term in office as President? | Abraham Lincoln |
| According to Shad, who lacked "the cold approach to killing" and the "brutal tenacity" needed to win the war? | General McClellan |
