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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mira?
(a) Hancock's mother.
(b) Hancock's sister.
(c) Hancock's wife.
(d) Hancock's daughter.

2. Who is General John Pope?
(a) An imaginary character the newspapers create.
(b) Lee's wife in disguise as a military man.
(c) Lee's best military adviser.
(d) The man who replaces McClellan as commander of the Union Army.

3. Who is Lewis Armistead?
(a) An old friend of Hancock's.
(b) An old friend of Lee's.
(c) An old friend of Jackson's.
(d) An old friend of Chamberlain's.

4. How long does Chamberlain's regiment have to train until it is sent to Washington?
(a) One month.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) One year.

5. How are Jackson's soldiers described during the Battle of Bull Run?
(a) Fleeing like "the true cowards that they are."
(b) Running into battle "like moths toward a flame."
(c) Standing like a "stone wall."
(d) Standing "strong" but falling "like God's children."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dr. Junkin?

2. Where does Hancock's brigade unload as part of the army attacking Richmond?

3. Where is John Brown from?

4. What is Hancock told will happen if Lincoln wins the election?

5. Who is General George McClellan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Armistead tell Hancock at Mina's party?

2. What happens during the time when General Scott offers Lee the chance to be second in command of the union army and when Lee chooses to resign?

3. What happens after Lincoln comes to visit McClellan on the battlefield?

4. What causes Hancock to suffer defeat after he is promoted to command of a division mid-battle?

5. Why is Colonel Ames's message from McClellan about how victorious their battle is received poorly?

6. What leads President Davis to relieve Johnston from his command?

7. What kind of expectations are made clear when Lee is given command of Virginia's provisional army?

8. What has the Union Army done during its first attack on Richmond?

9. How does Jackson respond to his students' questions during his lectures when he is first introduced in the novel?

10. What happens when Lee's horse spooks after the Second Battle of Bull Run?

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