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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Michael Westerman's wife's name?

2. What did Horwitz do after talking with the actors?

3. What would Horwitz's host have called the men Horwitz joined?

4. What did the Children of the Confederacy teach children about?

5. What was the central theme of the complaints by Southern people?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Horwitz spend most of his first day at the reenactment lying on the ground?

2. How did Horwtiz decide to organize his tour according to Chapter 2?

3. What happened in the old Montgomery Capitol?

4. What was special about the history of Fitzgerald after the war?

5. What did Children of the Confederacy teach children?

6. Who was Alberta Martin's husband?

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

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

9. How did Shelby Foote become known?

10. Why did Alberta Martin marry her first husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine what sharecropping was in the early 1900's.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the Star Spangled Banner.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the life of Albert Cashire.

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