Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Emma Edmonds was born Sarah Emma Edmondson in Canada in 1841. She was the youngest child in her family and, much to her angry father's disappointment, not a boy. His only son was sickly and had "fits". What neurological disease, characterized by seizures, did Emma's brother have?
2. When she was nine years old, Emma Edmonds was given a book by a peddler passing through the area. This story would shape her life. It was about a girl named Fanny Campbell. What was Fanny's role in the novel?
3. By age 15, Emma Edmonds had decided to run away from home to avoid both an abusive father and an arranged marriage to an older man. To ensure she was not followed easily, she took on the disguise of a boy and called herself Franklin Thompson. In Connecticut, she became a successful salesman. What tome, which is the most read book in all the world, did she sell door to door?
4. Emma Edmonds had made her way to Michigan by 1861 and, when the American Civil War started, she felt loyal to her new country and enlisted as Frank. She passed the physical. She felt she had been gifted with "magical powers in her hands" so she was pleased with the role she was assigned. What was it?
5. In 1862, Emma Edmonds still did some nursing duties but was also assigned a separate role. She would be using her riding skills and delivering something that almost every soldier anticipated from home. What was it she was carrying that would have made Ben Franklin proud?
6. The year of 1862 found Allan Pinkerton, a detective and spy for the Union, looking for people to hire. Three of his top detectives had been caught and hanged. Emma Edmonds's ranking Colonel and mentor suggested her to fill the role based on her "brave, willing, and cheerful" disposition. Who was this leader (who shared his last name with the author of "The Tell-Tale Heart")?
7. Throughout 1862 and into the beginning of 1863, Emma Edmonds donned a variety of disguises in order to infiltrate the Confederate camps and gather information. Sometimes she was a young Southern soldier going home, sometimes she was an Irish peddler woman, and sometimes a runaway slave. The times she used the slave persona (called "Cuff") what did she use to blacken her skin?
8. Emma Edmonds was suffering from a broken leg in 1863 after she fell from a horse during a night ride. Then she got very sick. Realizing she would be found out if she was admitted to the hospital, "Frank" deserted one evening. What was the sickness, frequently caused by the irritating mosquito, that ended Emma's espionage activities?
9. In 1882, now married with children, Emma Edmonds decided that she was due a pension for her hard work as a soldier and spy. She requested affidavits from comrades from her regiment. True or False -- The men were horrified that they had served with a woman and denied her requests.
10. Emma Edmonds died in 1898, at the age of 56, as a result of the lingering after-effects from malaria. She had also worked on a memoir during the latter part of her life called "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army". It was a big success. What did she do with the money?
Source: Author
stephgm67
This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor
gtho4 before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.
