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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Friday, July 3, 1863, Chapter 2, Longstreet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lee tell Taylor to do with the blind horse?
(a) Shoot it.
(b) Add it to the cavalry's horses.
(c) Release it.
(d) Return it to its rightful owner.

2. What sight appears to Longstreet to look like masses of fat white spiders?
(a) The tattered remnants of several brigades' flags
(b) The tents gathered on the low ground in front of him
(c) Piles of severed limbs in the darkness
(d) Chewed bits of paper littering the road

3. Why is Kilrain only a private?
(a) He had stolen a horse.
(b) He had picked a fight with an officer.
(c) He had only joined the army a few weeks earlier.
(d) He had refused promotion several times.

4. What does Longstreet want Lee to do now that the Union army is retreating?
(a) Disengage and move the troops between Gettysburg and D.C.
(b) Attack with all force.
(c) Call a truce to discuss the Union's surrender.
(d) Interrogate the prisoners to find out the Union's overall strategy.

5. What news does Trimble bring to Lee?
(a) Ewell was eager to take the hill but Early would not allow it.
(b) Ewell could have easily taken the hill but hesitated too long.
(c) Lee's order to take the hill arrived too late.
(d) There was no possible way for Ewell to take the hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom say about the battle the day before?

2. Why does Longstreet say Lee should put Hill in command instead of Longstreet?

3. What is Lee waiting for at the end of the chapter?

4. How long does Buford hope to hold the Rebel soldiers at bay?

5. What catches Buford's eye in the cemetery?

(see the answer key)

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