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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapters 20-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many troops does McClellan tell Hancock Lincoln has called for as the war begins?
(a) 7,500.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 2,500.

2. What does Chamberlain ask the governor when he goes to the state capital after leaving Bowdoin?
(a) For a commission in the army.
(b) For a passport.
(c) For some mercy for his family.
(d) For a law that will allow people like him to serve more easily.

3. What tragedy has just befallen Jackson when the novel opens?
(a) He has learned that he is very sick.
(b) His newborn daughter has died.
(c) He has just been fired.
(d) His wife has died.

4. Where is Hancock posted when he is first introduced in the novel?
(a) In the frontier city of Los Angeles.
(b) In Mexico City.
(c) In Tijuana, guarding the Mexican/American border.
(d) In the frontier city of Boise, Idaho.

5. Who arrives as back-up for Hancock as he is guarding his charge?
(a) Both the U.S. infantry and his friends from town.
(b) The U.S. infantry.
(c) Neither his friends nor the infantry.
(d) His friends from town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lee first meet with the governor of Virginia?

2. Where would Chamberlain have gone had he become a soldier instead of an academic?

3. Where does Lee order Jackson to get his troops before the Second Battle of Bull Run?

4. Where does Hancock wait so long to get orders from during his time in Los Angeles?

5. On what date does the presidential election take place?

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