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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, Chapters 27-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is General Johnston when the Civil War resumes after the Battle of Bull Run?
(a) The vice president of the Confederacy.
(b) The president of the Confederacy.
(c) Lee's personal assistant.
(d) The commander of the Confederate Army.

3. Who is Chamberlain surprised to see when he sets up camp with his new regiment?
(a) His brother-in-law.
(b) His grown son.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

4. 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) Because he is a spy now so he needs all the information he can get.
(c) So that he can know which side he is supposed to fight for.
(d) So he knows how much money he can leave his wife before he goes.

5. How does Lee finally find out about how the Battle of Bull Run went?
(a) From a telegram.
(b) From the radio.
(c) From a soldier departing a train.
(d) From a conversation in a coffee shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the armies resume fighting after the Battle of Bull Run?

2. Who shares Sumner's concern about General Burnside's plan to cross the river.

3. What is Hancock in charge of when he is first introduced in the novel?

4. When does Hancock finally arrive in Washington to begin serving in the war?

5. What does Houston tell Lee when they first meet?

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