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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. Where was Horwitz's wife from?
(a) Australia.
(b) Luxembourg.
(c) France.
(d) Austria.

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

3. What would Foote do during the day at the battlefield?
(a) Read a book.
(b) Walk the battlefield following the events of the day.
(c) Take picture from a ventage point.
(d) Stay on the location of the commanding post.

4. 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.

5. Who told Horwitz of Sue Curtis?
(a) The cemetery caretaker.
(b) The bookkeeper.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many groups were formed for trivia questions during Sue Curtis' meeting?

2. What did the black students of the local high school wear?

3. What did Hodge tell Horwitz not to bring?

4. How did Horwitz travel at the start of Chapter 3?

5. When did Foote frequently visit the battlefield?

Short Essay Questions

1. What decision did Horwitz make concerning his trip with Hodge?

2. What did Horwitz and his father do after the latter's retirement?

3. What did Horwitz say about his interest in the Civil War?

4. How did Shelby Foote become known?

5. Who adopted the Michael Westerman story to promote their agenda?

6. What were Hodge's "Civil Wargasm" according to Chapter 10?

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

8. What did Horwitz say about Sanders' rhetoric?

9. Who did Walt think was part of a conspiracy to ruin the White race?

10. How long did Horwitz spend researching for his book according to Chapter 15?

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