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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hancock go to warn people that Lee must be up to something during the battle at Chancellorsville?
(a) Headquarters.
(b) Back to his tent.
(c) The telegraph office.
(d) The telegram office.

2. Who let's Longstreet and his corps know that he will soon arrive across the Rappahannock to help with defense?
(a) Lee.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Hancock.
(d) Jackson.

3. What surprised Jackson about the swamp he left alone during the battle of Fredericksburg?
(a) It has crocodiles in it.
(b) It is frozen solid.
(c) It has a secret bridge for the soldiers to cross.
(d) It has poisonous snakes.

4. How do the Union troops initially respond to the Confederate attack outside of Chancellorsville?
(a) They retreat.
(b) They charge at the Confederates as the cannons are firing.
(c) They start their music before fighting.
(d) They use bows and arrows.

5. Through what does Jackson see General Howard during the initial attack outside of Chancellorsville?
(a) Mud.
(b) The fog.
(c) An eyescope.
(d) Heavy, heavy rain.

6. What does Hancock lose during the battle of Chancellorsville?
(a) His left arm.
(b) His horse.
(c) A beloved letter from his wife.
(d) His Bible.

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

8. On what date does the Union army try to cross the Rappahannock River?
(a) April 11.
(b) February 11.
(c) May 11.
(d) December 11.

9. Where is Jackson wounded during the battle at Chancellorsville?
(a) Hand.
(b) Shoulder and hand.
(c) Shoulder, hand, and leg.
(d) Shoulder.

10. Why does Hooker decide to have his men stop attacking around Chancellorsville?
(a) He knows he is greatly outnumbered.
(b) He wants to wait for reinforcements.
(c) He has lost his nerve.
(d) He has gone insane.

11. When is Hancock told that Hooker has been wounded during the attack on Chancellorsville?
(a) Just as his men make a strong defense.
(b) Just as his forces begin to flee.
(c) Just as he is wounded himself.
(d) Just as he loses his hearing from a loud explosion.

12. What happens to A.P. Hill during the battle at Chancellorsville?
(a) He is also wounded.
(b) He flees in terror.
(c) He suffers a heart attack on the battlefield.
(d) He is exposed as a spy.

13. Who shares Sumner's concern about General Burnside's plan to cross the river.
(a) Chamberlain.
(b) Nearly everyone.
(c) Lee.
(d) Davis.

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

15. What does Jackson order his troops to do about the gap by the swamp during the battle of Fredericksburg?
(a) Plug it.
(b) Exploit it.
(c) Distract the enemy from it.
(d) Ignore it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must the Union army must way their way out of as the move against the Confederates around Chancellorsville?

2. How does Jackson feel before the battle near Fredericksburg?

3. What is Jackson worried the Union soldiers will use as an escape route from the battle at Chancellorsville?

4. Where does Jackson take up headquarters after Fredericksburg?

5. How do Jackson's wounds heal initially?

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