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

Tony Horwitz
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

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. What did Mike Hawkins live in?
(a) A teepee.
(b) A trailer.
(c) An appartment.
(d) A house.

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

3. What was A.V Huff's occupation?
(a) Anthropologist.
(b) Geologist.
(c) Pharmacist.
(d) Professor of History.

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

5. Where was Guthrie located?
(a) In the center of Tennessee.
(b) At the Tennessee-Kentucky border.
(c) on the coast.
(d) In the center of Kentucky.

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

7. When was Charleston settled?
(a) 17th century.
(b) 18th century.
(c) 19th century.
(d) 16th century.

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

9. What would Horwitz's host have called the men Horwitz joined?
(a) Grab.
(b) Hardcore.
(c) Farbs.
(d) Young.

10. Where was Joel Dorfman from?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Dallas.
(d) New York.

11. What did Horwitz borrow from the man who invited him?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A pair of glasses.
(c) Authentic Confederate clothing.
(d) A horse.

12. Why was Michael Westerman allegedly killed?
(a) He was a preacher.
(b) He was black.
(c) He was a teacher.
(d) Displaying a Confederate flag.

13. How many groups were formed for trivia questions during Sue Curtis' meeting?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

14. What did Walt protest in his youth?
(a) Segregation.
(b) Racism.
(c) Tution cost.
(d) The Vietnam war.

15. What group was founded after the Civil War and re-emerged in the early 20th century?
(a) The Sons of the Confederacy.
(b) The Cats of the Confederacy.
(c) The Daughters of the Confederacy.
(d) The Ku Klux Klan.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Foote frequently visit the battlefield?

2. What did the Children of the Confederacy teach children about?

3. What did the black students of the local high school wear?

4. Where did Horwitz decide to start his travel with according to Chapter 2?

5. What did the father of the grass basket maker warn her about?

(see the answer keys)

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