Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Tony Horwitz
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Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Tony Horwitz
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the woman who took over the Confederate museum?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 60.
(d) 70.

2. How many Jews did Walt meet before Horwitz ?
(a) 2.
(b) none.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

3. What would Foote do during the day at the battlefield?
(a) Stay on the location of the commanding post.
(b) Take picture from a ventage point.
(c) Read a book.
(d) Walk the battlefield following the events of the day.

4. What were reenactors who were not completely authentic in their costumes or behavior called?
(a) Rob.
(b) Farb.
(c) Rag.
(d) Fackes.

5. What did Horwitz do after talking with the actors?
(a) Went back to sleep.
(b) Found his grandfather's book.
(c) Went to his publisher.
(d) Went to his father's.

6. What was Westerman's killer sentenced to?
(a) 25 years to life.
(b) 10 to 25 years.
(c) Life in prison.
(d) Death.

7. What did the meeting with Sue Curtis open with?
(a) A Ku Klux Klan pledge.
(b) Honoring the Confederate flag.
(c) With drinks.
(d) The pledge.

8. What did the black harbor pilot who hijacked a Confederate ship become?
(a) A senator.
(b) A millionaire.
(c) A mayor.
(d) A congressman.

9. What was Redbone's Saloon according to Chapter 5?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A biker bar.
(d) A church.

10. Where did Horwitz go at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Stanville.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Columbia.

11. Where did the battle being reenacted take place historically?
(a) In Louisiana.
(b) In Kentucky.
(c) In Virginia.
(d) In Virginia.

12. How was Westerman killed?
(a) He was strangled.
(b) He was run over.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was stabbed.

13. What was the central theme of the complaints by Southern people?
(a) The political power lay in the North.
(b) The South had not enough economical help.
(c) The South was oppressed politically and economically.
(d) The North took all the good lands.

14. What did Foote and Horwitz spend several hours discussing?
(a) The fascination of the South for the Civil War.
(b) The major battles of the Civil War.
(c) The major generals of the civil War.
(d) The causes of the Civil War.

15. What is Michael King's occupation?
(a) Guide.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Fisher.
(d) Poacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did CCC mean?

2. What was A.V Huff's occupation?

3. Who brought Horwitz to the statue?

4. What was Shelby Foote well known for appearing in?

5. What did the CCC fight against?

(see the answer keys)

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