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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. Why does Buford make his headquarters at the Seminary?
(a) He could quickly get extra ammunition to the troops from there.
(b) The thick walls will protect him from the gunfire.
(c) His orders arre to use a brick building as his headquarters.
(d) He will have a good view from the cupola.

2. Why does Lee depend on Longstreet?
(a) He is the best commander now that Stonewall Jackson is dead.
(b) He is the only one who knows the Pennsylvania countryside.
(c) He has the most distinguished record for offensive warfare.
(d) He can stir the men with his eloquent speeches.

3. Who has been given command of the Union Army?
(a) Grant
(b) Reynolds
(c) Meade
(d) Hooker

4. How is Gettysburg best described?
(a) The headquarters of the entire Union army.
(b) The second largest city in Pennsylvania.
(c) A strategically important port town.
(d) A small town in the Pennsylvania countryside.

5. What news does the spy have for Longstreet?
(a) John Reynolds plans to attack Richmond.
(b) Confederate troops have been defeated at Harrisburg.
(c) The Union Army is on the move.
(d) Gettysburg has been invaded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Longstreet want Lee to do now that the Union army is retreating?

2. What is Lee waiting for at the end of the chapter?

3. Buford looks for ___________.

4. After Chamberlain talks to them, how many of the mutineers still refuse to fight?

5. What does Lee hear as he and Longstreet begin to ride?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Monday, June 29, 1863, Chapter 3, Buford," how does the setting foreshadow the upcoming battle?

2. How would you characterize the friendship between Kilrain and Chamberlain?

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

4. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 5, Longstreet," Longstreet describes Jackson to Fremantle. How would you characterize Jackson?

5. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 2, Buford," why does Buford go from grinning and a sense of confidence to concern and weariness?

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

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

8. Describe the relationship between Lee and Longstreet in "Monday, June 29, 1863, Chapter 1, The Spy."

9. Based on his interaction with the mutineers, how would you characterize Chamberlain's leadership?

10. How would you characterize Buford as a soldier?

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