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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four, Chapters 39-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must Hancock wait so long for orders?
(a) Because he does not know what to do or where to go until they arrive.
(b) So that he can know which side he is supposed to fight for.
(c) Because he is a spy now so he needs all the information he can get.
(d) So he knows how much money he can leave his wife before he goes.

2. What happens that allows for Hancock to be promoted to command of a division?
(a) Another general is killed.
(b) He pays the officer wanting the bribe in exchange for the promotion.
(c) He passes his training classes.
(d) He starts rumors about other people competing for his job.

3. What is Chamberlain and his men's assignment during their first battle?
(a) To stay in reserve.
(b) To pose as spies.
(c) To be on the front line.
(d) To scout out the other side's locations.

4. Where does Davis order Lee to send troops after Fredericksburg?
(a) To defend Texas.
(b) To spend the summer off, relaxing in Florida.
(c) To attack the White House.
(d) To defend Georgia and the Carolinas.

5. What unit is Chamberlain put in charge of after Fredericksburg?
(a) The Twentieth Maine, the Seventeenth Vermont, and the Twelfth New York.
(b) The Twentieth Maine and the Seventeenth Vermont.
(c) All of the Union forces.
(d) The Twentieth Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chamberlain's brother promoted to after Fredericksburg?

2. What kind of hostess is Mira described as?

3. What happens to the war in VIrginia after the battle at Fredericksburg?

4. Who is Mira?

5. What promotion does Chamberlain receive after Fredericksburg?

(see the answer key)

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