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Across Five Aprils
Irene Hunt
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Chapters 1–2
Chapters 3–4
Chapter 5
Chapters 6–7
Chapters 8–9
Chapters 10–11
Chapters 12
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Jethro Creighton
Bill Creighton
Jenny Creighton
Ross Milton
Abraham Lincoln
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Chapters 1-2
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1
of 5
What city does Sherman say he wishes to present "as a Christmas gift" in his December message?
Washington
Savannah
Louisville
Gettysburg
2
of 5
Who worries that his son, who marched through South Carolina, was party to the atrocities committed by the Northern army?
Matt Creighton
Ed Turner
Dave Burdow
Wilse Graham
3
of 5
At the beginning of 1865, Jethro turns ___.
11
12
13
14
4
of 5
What month is it when the news comes that the war is over?
February
April
June
July
5
of 5
In the final moments of the novel, Jethro runs up to the house to be reunited with ___.
Jenny Creighton
Shadrach Yale
Eb Creighton
Dave Burdow
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