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. Who was Horwitz's host dressed as?
(a) A private.
(b) A medic.
(c) A journalist.
(d) A general.

2. How old was the woman who took over the Confederate museum?
(a) 50.
(b) 70.
(c) 60.
(d) 40.

3. Who did the war empower according to the woman who took over the Confederate museum?
(a) Black women.
(b) White women.
(c) Chidlren.
(d) White men.

4. What battle was to be reennacted?
(a) The battle fo Bull Run.
(b) The Battle of the Wilderness.
(c) The scond battle of Manassas.
(d) The battle of Shiloh.

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

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

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

8. What did Ed and Sue Curtis stop doing?
(a) Going to church.
(b) Answering their phone.
(c) Seeing friends.
(d) Going to the supermarket.

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

10. Where was the "Start Spangled Banner" composed?
(a) Fort Brag.
(b) Fort Sumter.
(c) Fort McHenry.
(d) Fort Summers.

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

12. How was Westerman killed?
(a) He was stabbed.
(b) He was run over.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was strangled.

13. What did the black students of the local high school wear?
(a) Caps with M on it.
(b) Caps with L.
(c) Caps with an X on it.
(d) Caps with KKK with a donkey on it.

14. Where did Westerman stop before being shot?
(a) At a gas station.
(b) At a post office.
(c) At an AA meeting.
(d) At a restaurant.

15. Who told Horwitz of Sue Curtis?
(a) The bookkeeper.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The cemetery caretaker.
(d) The sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Shelby Foote according to Chapter 7?

2. When did Foote usually arrive at the battlefield?

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

4. Where did Horwtiz's grandfather come from?

5. What battlefield did Foote visit frequently?

(see the answer keys)

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