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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Joel Dorfman start his tour?
(a) At Fort Sumter.
(b) Where Lee surrendered.
(c) In Washington D.C.
(d) On the Potomac.

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

3. What was the name of the owner of the farm the march was on?
(a) Robert Old.
(b) Robert Young.
(c) Robert Robertson.
(d) Robert Studd.

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

5. Where did Horwtiz's grandfather come from?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Russia.
(d) Ireland.

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

7. What organization did Sue start for pet owners?
(a) Rebel pets.
(b) Cats of the Confederacy.
(c) Attack the yank.
(d) Dogs of the Confederacy.

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

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

10. What did Foote and Horwitz spend several hours discussing?
(a) The major battles of the Civil War.
(b) The causes of the Civil War.
(c) The fascination of the South for the Civil War.
(d) The major generals of the civil War.

11. How was Horwitz awakened one time according to Chapter 1?
(a) By cannon fire.
(b) By gunfire.
(c) By police sirens.
(d) By the fire department.

12. When did the Civil War start?
(a) 1862.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1863.

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

14. What did Horwitz do after talking with the actors?
(a) Went to his father's.
(b) Went back to sleep.
(c) Went to his publisher.
(d) Found his grandfather's book.

15. What did the black harbor pilot who hijacked a Confederate ship become?
(a) A millionaire.
(b) A senator.
(c) A congressman.
(d) A mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Westerman's killer sentenced to?

2. Why did Horwitz not have much to do?

3. Where was Guthrie located?

4. What did Horwitz paint on his wall?

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

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