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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapters 23-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Major Armistead ask in a message to Hancock after Hancock meets with Hamilton?
(a) That he never be contacted again.
(b) That he be invited to dinner.
(c) That he be sent reinforcements right away.
(d) That he be allowed to marry Hancock's daughter.

2. Where does McClellan keep his army after Lee retreats?
(a) On boats on the Potomac.
(b) In the forest, mostly for shelter.
(c) On the Antietam battlefield.
(d) In residential houses in Richmond.

3. What does Hancock expect to be ordered to do after he is promoted to command of a division?
(a) Resign.
(b) Move to Washington, DC.
(c) Retreat.
(d) Attack.

4. After the first attack on Richmond, what do Lee and Davis do to see what is going on with the troops?
(a) Go undercover.
(b) Order field reports.
(c) Head to the front lines.
(d) Send out spies.

5. Who tells the regiment that McClellan thinks they won a great victory even though they took heavy losses?
(a) Colonel Ames.
(b) General Washinton.
(c) General Chamberlain.
(d) Sargeant Pepper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is General Twiggs?

2. When do Hancock and his men attack Richmond?

3. Where are Jackson and his men posted when Richmond comes under attack in the early part of the war?

4. Why must Hancock wait so long for orders?

5. Where is Bowdoin College located?

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