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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. What did Mike Hawkins' great great grandfather lose during the Civil War?
(a) A foot.
(b) A leg.
(c) An arm.
(d) An eye.

2. Who killed Michael Westerman according to the patrons of the bar?
(a) Some of his friend.
(b) A group of Ku Klux Klan members.
(c) A group of black young men.
(d) His girlfriend.

3. How many Jews did Walt meet before Horwitz ?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) none.
(d) 3.

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

5. What did the farm owner give Horwitz to replace his plastic glasses?
(a) Bare lenses.
(b) Two magnifying glasses.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Wire-rimmed glasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Horwitz of Sue Curtis?

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

3. What did Jamie Westendorf's job include?

4. What did the men of the CCC feel the Confederate flag represented?

5. How old was the woman who took over the Confederate museum?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Shelby Foote become known?

2. Whose action did Foote defend to the amazement of Horwitz?

3. What happened to the dead during and after the battle of Shiloh?

4. What did some of the Confederate groups say about William Martin?

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

6. What did the rebel flag represent to some people?

7. What famous event was the turning point of the Shiloh battle?

8. Why was Horwtiz fascinated by the Shiloh battle as a child according to Chapter 8?

9. What did Children of the Confederacy teach children?

10. What event did Melly Meadows once win?

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