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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. Who told Horwitz of Sue Curtis?

2. Who was Shelby Foote according to Chapter 7?

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

4. What did Horwitz's host's uniform allow him to do?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did the sign of Montgomery say according to Chapter 14?

4. What was peculiar about the monument to the memory of Confederate soldiers in Kingstree according to Chapter 4?

5. Where was the Star-Spangled Banner composed?

6. Why did Horwitz see a contradiction between the South's perceived oppression and the reality?

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

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

9. What groups were the Curtis' involved with?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the Star Spangled Banner.

Essay Topic 2

Examine why people would be compelled to relive the lives of soldiers on the battlefield of the Civil War.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the reason why a Northern woman would correspond with a Confederate prisoner of war.

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