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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the girl impregnated according to the Minie Ball Pregnancy story?
(a) By a Confederate soldier.
(b) By a bullet going through the testicul of a soldier and striking her in the abdomen.
(c) In a pool.
(d) By a Union soldier.

2. What celebration did the white inhabitant of Vicksburg not observe?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) Victory day.
(c) Defeat Day.
(d) Veteran's Day.

3. What diminished over the generations in Fitzgerald?
(a) The number of people living in the two.
(b) The spirit of reconciliation.
(c) The number of Confederate symphatizers.
(d) The numbers of Unions sympathizers.

4. What seemed impossible to Horwitz 130 years after the war?
(a) That children of veterans were alive.
(b) That the widow of a soldier was alive.
(c) That a widow would not try to get on a TV show.
(d) That the war was forgotten.

5. Who was sworn in as president in the old capitol?
(a) Robert E. Lee.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Jefferson Davis.
(d) Robert Patrick.

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

7. What was the birth name of Albert Cashire?
(a) Mark Stenberg.
(b) Jenny Hodges.
(c) Robert Graham.
(d) Roberta Markus.

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

9. Where did Horwitz learn Alberta Marti lived according to Chapter 13?
(a) Opp.
(b) Lop.
(c) Gop.
(d) Dop.

10. What charge did Hodge and his men plan to recreate?
(a) The Grant's Charge.
(b) The Pickett's Charge.
(c) The Stone wall Jackson's Charge.
(d) The Lee's Charge.

11. What was the repercussion of the Minie Ball Pregnancy story at the time?
(a) The doctor that came up with the story was killed.
(b) The local Union Garrison was attacked.
(c) The local population rebelled.
(d) It ruined the career of the physician who came up with the story.

12. Where was the first man Horwitz meet from?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Minneapolis.
(c) Denver.
(d) Los Angeles.

13. Why was Alberta's husband hospitalized?
(a) Variolla.
(b) Small pox.
(c) Scorbut.
(d) Rubella.

14. What did Horwitz find on both sides of Montgomery's history?
(a) Pride.
(b) Amusement.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

15. Where was Jimmy Olgers' store located?
(a) Near Petersburg.
(b) Near New Orleans.
(c) Near Gettysburg.
(d) Near the Potomac.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Horwitz find similar about the stories of civil rights marchers and Confederates soldiers.?

2. What did Horwitz argue Rose Sanders used the same way as the Confederacy?

3. Where did Hodge meet his girlfriend?

4. What was the topic of the book written by Mauriel Johnson?

5. What local business turned part of his business into a museum?

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