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RIFLES FOR WATIE
Study Guide – Part 2
Answer each of the following questions using a complete sentence.
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What reasons were given for Jeff and Noah being “decorated’?
Why was Jeff overcome with compassion and sympathy for Jimmy?
Why did the rebel captain say Jeff was the only gentleman in the camp?
How did the soldiers punish Clardy for stomping the rebel’s eye?
Why did the old Negro ask to see Jeff?
Chapter 14
6. On page 160, what is a shoat?
7. In what ways does Belle say she would be helpful to either army?
8. In the original Declaration of Independence, what was slave trade called?
9. Why were these expressions left out of the final draft?
10. What did Jeff learn about politics from Lucy that he’d never known
before?
Chapter 15
11. What impressed Jeff about the cavalry soldiers?
12. Why does Noah think it’s a wise move to train the volunteers to be part
of the cavalry?
13. What was the effect of Jeff’s first pass of the saber behind his back?
14. What name did Jeff give to his big cap-and-ball pistol?
15. Name three acts of depredation the rebel army did at the Brandt home.
Chapter 16
16. How does David know the rebels aren’t treacherous?
17. What did the Union and rebel army soldiers exchange during their
meeting?
18. What request did Jeff make of Noah before his arrest?
19. Name three forms of punishment Jeff suffered by Clardy for refusing
to take the place in the firing squad?
20. What bigger news had General Blunt been notified about?
Chapter 17
21. Why does General Blunt say it is imperative to bring back two or three
rebel prisoners?
22. On page 205, what is a dun?
23. On page 210, what sentence is an example of personification?
24. Describe Noah’s “wonderful” riding on his bay to escape the attacking
rebels.
25. Why was Jeff so impressed with Orff’s Spencer?
Chapter 18
26. What was Jeff’s first impression when he saw the Washbourne home?
27. Who did Jeff think had been tending to the vegetable garden? Why?
28. What does Lucy miss most on Sundays?
29. What favor did Jeff ask of Lucy before he left?
30. What did Watie’s men threaten to do with the first Clardy man they
capture behind their lines? Why does this frighten Jeff?
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Why does Jeff think the rebels will recognize that Bostwick is a spy?
Why doesn’t the Southern army want negroes in their army?
How did Jeff get out of getting caught as a spy?
What was final bit of information Jeff was waiting for?
Taking ill, how does Jeff plan on getting the information to Blunt?
Chapter 20
36. What term did Hannah use instead of throwing up?
37. List three things the Jackman girls had to do to learn good breeding.
38. On page 262, what is the meaning of the word inconsolable?
39. On page 265, what is meant by the phrase, “Thus did the war serve the
women on both sides”?
40. What reasoning did Jeff give for needing to stay in rebel country
longer?
Chapter 21
41. What makes Jeff finally realize why the war has lasted three years?
42. Why was Jeff surprised when he finally met Colonel Watie?
43. How much money did Jeff receive for a month’s salary?
44. Jeff realizes the Cherokees weren’t fighting a war over slavery. What
were they fighting for?
45. In what ways did Heifer try to make Jeff a better soldier?
Chapter 22
46. Why had Heifer left his commissary wagon to fight at Jeff’s side?
47. What was Washington wallpaper?
48. What was the greatest disaster of the war to Union arms in the Indian
country?
49. Who was the Federal officer selling contraband repeating rifles to the
Cherokees?
50. Why did Jeff feel elated and depressed on the way back to Boggy
Depot?
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51. On page 298, what is meaning of the word ardent?
52. What is the “subterfuge” Jeff has been living?
53. Why did Jeff choose to return to the Union side, rather than to remain
a rebel and win Lucy over?
Chapter 24
54. Why did Jeff head south when first trying to escape his pursuers?
55. After hiding out in the river, what sound helped Jeff realize the rebels
were gone?
56. Describe how Jeff set his course each day.
57. What memory helped Jeff climb the first mountain?
58. After staying several days at North Fork Town, how did Jeff regain his
strength?
59. How did Jeff escape the pursuers with the bloodhound?
Chapter 25
60. What had Jeff’s association with the rebels taught him?
61. What did Bill mean when he said his Aunt Phoebe was “born with her
hands on her hips”?
62. What did General Blunt do when Jeff didn’t return from his scout with
Bostwick?
63. Describe the changes that had taken place at David’s home while he was
away.
64. What did Heifer do with Flea Bite?
65. What ever became of Clardy?
66. Compare and contrast Jeff’s character at the beginning of his journey
with his character at the end of his journey.
EXTRA CREDIT – (10 possible points each)
1. Jeff Bussey learns a little about the Cherokees’ form of government
through his contact with Stand Watie. Research and describe the Cherokee
government in the 1860s. How accurate is Keith’s account?
2. Most accounts of the Civil War describe the warfare in the East, but in
the West, the strategy, personnel, and weapons were somewhat different.
Read an account of a campaign in the East, and compare it with the types of
fighting Jeff experiences. Describe an important battle in the West.
3. One of the most famous Civil War diaries was kept by Mary Boykin
Chesnutt. Read this diary and compare her experiences with those of the
women in the Jackman and Washbourne families.