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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lee waiting for at the end of the chapter?
(a) Much needed medication for his heart condition
(b) Ewell's attack on the hill
(c) A message of surrender from the Union command
(d) Longstreet's spy to bring him new information

2. After Chamberlain talks to them, how many of the mutineers still refuse to fight?
(a) 6
(b) 120
(c) 10
(d) 114

3. From what is the book's title derived?
(a) A speech Chamberlain made at school.
(b) A line of Edgar Allan Poe's.
(c) A letter Chamberlain receives from his father.
(d) A sermon from a visiting preacher.

4. To whom does Buford send a message regarding the Rebel troops?
(a) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
(b) John Reynolds
(c) Gen. Meade
(d) James Longstreet

5. What is "The Cause" for Longstreet?
(a) Slavery
(b) Victory
(c) Southern aristocracy
(d) States' rights

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Buford initially facing?

2. What catches Buford's eye in the cemetery?

3. What disagreement does Buford encounter upon arriving at headquarters?

4. Where does Longstreet think Lee and his army should be instead of Chambersburg?

5. What part of his body troubles Lee?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 7, Buford," what do you think it symbolizes when Buford cannot find the white angel but sees instead the Rebel fires burning?

2. Describe the situation at the end of "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 3, Lee."

3. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 4, Chamberlain," what is the significance of Dan Butterfield?

4. What does the arrival of John Reynolds in "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 2, Buford" signify for Buford?

5. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 1, Lee," what does Lee have to feel guilty about?

6. In "Monday, June 29, 1863, Chapter 1, The Spy," why are Sorrel, Longstreet and Lee hesitant to believe the spy's information?

7. How do Longstreet and Lee differ in their strategies?

8. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 3, Lee," what doubts does Lee have about some of his men that he tries to quiet within himself? What might this demonstrate about Lee?

9. In "Monday, June 29, 1863, Chapter 1, The Spy," why does Lee think the change in Union command from Hooker to Meade is to the Confederates' advantage?

10. Why have the 120 men from the Second Maine mutinied?

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