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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Fort Sumter located?
(a) 15 miles off the shore of Charleston.
(b) 2 miles off the shore of Charleston.
(c) 5 miles off the shore of Charleston.
(d) 3 miles off the shore of Charleston.

2. How did Horwitz travel at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) On a train.
(b) On a car.
(c) On a boat.
(d) On a plane.

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

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

5. What is Michael King's occupation?
(a) Guide.
(b) Fisher.
(c) Poacher.
(d) Preacher.

6. What was Michael Westerman's wife's name?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Irina.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Roberta.

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

8. What did the CCC fight against?
(a) Plans to allow desegregated bathrooms.
(b) Plans to teach about the Civil War in school.
(c) Plans to allow African American to vote.
(d) Plans to remove the Confederate flag from the capitol building.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Horwitz's host's uniform allow him to do?

2. What did Mike Hawkins' great great grandfather lose during the Civil War?

3. How many Jews did Walt meet before Horwitz ?

4. What did the black harbor pilot who hijacked a Confederate ship become?

5. What would Foote do during the day at the battlefield?

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