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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Charleston settled?
(a) 19th century.
(b) 18th century.
(c) 16th century.
(d) 17th century.

2. What did Horwitz plan on doing?
(a) Try to disprove Foote's asumptions.
(b) Make a trip to the site himself.
(c) Ready Foote's book.
(d) Find an interesting battlefield to go to.

3. What did the Children of the Confederacy teach children about?
(a) Perceived treachery of the North.
(b) Racism.
(c) The virtue of slavery.
(d) The major battle won by the Confederacy.

4. Where did Foote live?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Nashville
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Dallas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invited Horwitz to a reenactment in Chapter 6?

2. Where was Guthrie located?

3. What were reenactors who were not completely authentic in their costumes or behavior called?

4. What did the farm owner give Horwitz to replace his plastic glasses?

5. Who was Horwitz's host dressed as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What famous novel did Margaret Mitchell write according to Chapter 11?

2. What ceremonies did African Americans and Whites commemorate the Civil War soldiers with in Vicksburg?

3. What did Horwitz decide to become?

4. What did the African American congressman Joe McGill tell Horwtiz about what happened to him during the war?

5. What event did Melly Meadows once win?

6. What was unique about Henry Wirz's fate?

7. What did a local pharmacist do with his shop?

8. What was special about Alberta Martin according to Chapter 13?

9. What did Horwitz do prior to going to the reenactment according to Chapter 6?

10. What were the men who woke up Horwtiz one morning doing?

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