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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Gone with the Wind" according to Chapter 11?
(a) Charles Supp.
(b) Annie Robertson.
(c) Margaret Mitchell.
(d) Robert Patrick.

2. What drifted away from Vicksburg in the years before the Civil War?
(a) The frontiere.
(b) The Confederate Army.
(c) The Mississippi river bed.
(d) The garrison.

3. Who was Alberta Martin married to?
(a) William Markus Martin
(b) William Jasper Martin.
(c) Markus Robert Martin
(d) Robert Jasper Martin

4. What were most of the Battlefields and memorial markers surrounded by?
(a) Some were missing.
(b) They were durty.
(c) They didn;t indicate the right place.
(d) Suburban sprawl and housing developments.

5. What was Johnson's main goal with her book?
(a) Telling the story of the women during the war.
(b) Balancing the "Myths" about the Union victories.
(c) Telling the story of the children of the war.
(d) Balancing the "Myths" about Andersonville.

6. What was the name of the place Union soldiers withstood Confederate charges?
(a) The bear cave.
(b) The Hornet's Nest.
(c) The snake cage.
(d) The Crocodile pit.

7. What did Mauriel Johnson studied?
(a) Diaries and letters of southdern women writting to Confederate prisoners.
(b) Diaries and letters of northdern women writting to Union prisoners.
(c) Diaries and letters of southdern women writting to Union prisoners.
(d) Diaries and letters of northdern women writting to Confederate prisoners.

8. What was Horwitz surprised to learn about Alabama's history curriculum?
(a) The Civil War was half the program.
(b) The Civil War was tought as seen by the South.
(c) The Civil War was not part of it.
(d) The Civil War was less than one week of courses.

9. What did Hodge call his annual tour of Civil War sites according to Chapter 10?
(a) Civil run around.
(b) Civil Wargasm.
(c) Civil visiting.
(d) Civil go around.

10. What was Hodge doing as Horwitz was driving the car?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Looking at maps.
(d) Taking note.

11. What happened to the Andersonville prison commander after the war?
(a) He was tried and executed.
(b) He became a senator.
(c) He became a congressman.
(d) He turned to dentistry.

12. Where did Hodge and Horwitz sleep?
(a) In hotels.
(b) In their trailer.
(c) Bedding down in a field.
(d) In the car.

13. What was the sculpture in the park used as the backdrop for?
(a) The Confederate flag.
(b) The american flag.
(c) A laser show.
(d) Pictures of the War.

14. What did the other name of the First Manassas battle?
(a) Battle of Gettysburg.
(b) Battle of Bull Run.
(c) Battle of the Wilderness.
(d) Battle of Shiloh.

15. What was Dorothy Raybon part of?
(a) Cats of the Confederacy.
(b) Sons of the Confederacy.
(c) Families of the Confederacy.
(d) Daughters of the Confederacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Alberta's husband hospitalized?

2. What did Alberta's husband do after being released from the hospital?

3. How much was Alberta's husband's pension?

4. Where were the dead of Andersonville buried?

5. What type of events did Melly Meadows win?

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