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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Palmer know Sherman?
(a) Sherman was Palmer's military academy instructor.
(b) Sherman fought with Palmer's uncle.
(c) Sherman was once Palmer's preacher.
(d) Sherman is Palmer's uncle.

2. What makes the march for the Confederate soldiers at the beginning of the novel so difficult?
(a) Mud.
(b) Cliffs.
(c) The river.
(d) Rocks.

3. What makes the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 begin to question whether their guns work?
(a) Their swords have fallen apart.
(b) Their lack of confidence.
(c) Their own inability.
(d) The rain.

4. How does Palmer's father lose an arm?
(a) Gambling.
(b) In a cotton gin.
(c) Fighting in Texas.
(d) At the lumber mill.

5. Toward what location is the Confederate Army marching at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Pittsburg.
(b) Corinth Landing.
(c) Pittsburg Landing.
(d) Corinth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the argument of Confederate commanders who insist upon a battle in Chapter 1?

2. What finally cheers the Confederate soldiers on their march in the beginning of the novel?

3. How many Confederate commanders think the battle in Chapter 1 should be called off?

4. What makes some of the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 yell for joy?

5. What is Palmer's job in the Confederate Army?

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