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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hancock assemble his troops to prepare for the battle at Fredericksburg?
(a) In the forest and at night, so no one sees them.
(b) At the local college.
(c) Inside town.
(d) Right outside of town.

2. Who does Lee immediately tell the good news to when he learns his wife has given birth to a baby girl?
(a) No one.
(b) Lonstreet.
(c) Davis.
(d) Longfellow.

3. Who sends word to Lee that the Union army is crossing the river after Fredericksburg?
(a) General Stuart.
(b) Barton.
(c) Washington.
(d) Chamberlain.

4. What does Jackson dream of while recovering from his war wounds?
(a) His childhood.
(b) His parents.
(c) Battles.
(d) Being back home with his wife and daughter.

5. What major icon is Hancock hoping to storm during the battle of Fredericksburg?
(a) A church.
(b) A college campus.
(c) A mountain top.
(d) A stone wall.

6. What does Jackson do before telling his troops to charge outside of Chancellorsville?
(a) Pray for 30 minutes.
(b) Have too much to drink.
(c) Write a goodbye letter to his wife.
(d) March around the Union lines.

7. How old is Jane when Jackson befriends her?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

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

9. What bad vaccine is an entire regiment given after Fredericksburg?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Polio.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Small pox.

10. What do the Union men actually encounter around Chancellorsville?
(a) Only a battalion or two.
(b) A new kind of cannon they have only read about.
(c) Lee's entire army.
(d) Just skirmishers.

11. How much time passes between when Hancock's men advance and when the Twentieth Main's men advance over the same land at Fredericksburg?
(a) A few hours.
(b) Two days.
(c) One week.
(d) Just seconds; they have joined units.

12. What natural event seems like the only thing that will stop Jackson's advance at Chancellorsville?
(a) A horrible snowstorm.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A horrible thunderstorm.
(d) Nightfall.

13. Where are Lee's army located near Fredericksburg after the battle of Chancellorsville?
(a) In a large field they took over from a farmer.
(b) In government buildings and inns.
(c) In the homes of the residents.
(d) Throughout the thick woods.

14. Who commands the division that goes in front of Hancock's at Fredericksburg?
(a) General Deustch.
(b) General Espana.
(c) General French.
(d) General English.

15. What does Jackson see General Howard doing for his men during the initial attack outside of Chancellorsville?
(a) Praying with his men.
(b) Trying to rally them.
(c) Taking care of the wounded.
(d) Killing those who are badly wounded so they don't suffer needlessly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through what does Jackson see General Howard during the initial attack outside of Chancellorsville?

2. How does Burnside try to redeem himself after Fredericksburg?

3. How do Jackson and Lee react when they see the Union army stop in its tracks around Chancellorsville?

4. How do Jackson's wounds heal initially?

5. How does Jane die?

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