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

2. What did the statue Horwitz went to see feature instead of a Confederate soldier?
(a) A Union soldier.
(b) A woman.
(c) A civilian.
(d) Nothing.

3. Where was Horwitz's wife from?
(a) Austria.
(b) Australia.
(c) France.
(d) Luxembourg.

4. When did Horwitz's grandfather arrive in America according to Chapter 1?
(a) 1910s.
(b) 1890s.
(c) 1880s.
(d) 1900s.

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

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

7. 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.

8. What did the men Horwitz join consider reenactment as?
(a) A lifestyle.
(b) A sport.
(c) An obligation.
(d) A hobby.

9. Who invited Horwitz to a reenactment in Chapter 6?
(a) Rob Hodge.
(b) Markus Young.
(c) Thomas Hall.
(d) Susy Mann.

10. What did the men of the CCC feel the Confederate flag represented?
(a) Racism.
(b) Conservative ideals.
(c) Good old times.
(d) The ideal of slavery.

11. Where did Horwitz's host spend the night?
(a) In a hotel.
(b) in a tent.
(c) In the rain.
(d) In his car.

12. What did the caps of the local high school student celebrate?
(a) Malcom X.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) The end of racism.

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

14. What did Jamie Westendorf's job include?
(a) Cleaning closed businesses.
(b) Preparing large feasts.
(c) Tour guide.
(d) Curator.

15. What was Shelby Foote well known for appearing in?
(a) Civil War documentaries.
(b) Movies about the war.
(c) Home Schooling videos.
(d) Reenactment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jamie Westendorf point out the old locations of in Charleston?

2. How many groups were formed for trivia questions during Sue Curtis' meeting?

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

4. Where did Horwtiz's grandfather come from?

5. What is Michael King's occupation?

(see the answer keys)

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