The Killer Angels Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Michael Shaara
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 154 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Killer Angels Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scent directs Buford to headquarters?
(a) Burning wood
(b) Fresh-dug earth
(c) Cigar smoke
(d) Cooking meat

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

3. What is Buford's main concern?
(a) His men will run out of ammunition and have to fight with bayonets.
(b) The ground they are defending is in a poor position.
(c) His men will not be able to hold out long enough for help to arrive.
(d) He himself will be killed in the gunfire.

4. Why does Lee think there is an opportunity here?
(a) Lee has just been given several thousand more troops.
(b) Meade will be cautious and slow to move.
(c) The Union Army was just defeated at Vicksburg.
(d) The Confederate Army is much stronger than the Union Army.

5. What memory does Chamberlain have of his brother, Tom, in childhood?
(a) Tom always at Lawrence's heels, trying to be just like him.
(b) Tom getting lost in the winter and finding his way back on his own.
(c) Tom and Lawrence helping their father on the farm.
(d) Tom getting in fights at school over Lawrence's bookishness.

6. Which of these does Lee think will NOT be an issue with Meade?
(a) His information will be poor.
(b) He will have staff problems.
(c) It will take him some time to get up to speed.
(d) He will not be bringing adequate ammunition.

7. How does Lee calm his worries?
(a) He prays quickly.
(b) He confers with Longstreet.
(c) He takes a drink of whisky.
(d) He breathes deeply.

8. Who is Buford initially facing?
(a) Early
(b) Longstreet
(c) Ewell
(d) Heth

9. Why is Fremantle, the Englishman, in Longstreet's camp?
(a) He is hoping to sell new guns to the Confederate army.
(b) He is observing for the Queen.
(c) He has been hired as a spy.
(d) He is planning to write a book about American customs.

10. Who has still not yet reported to Lee?
(a) Pickett
(b) Kemper
(c) Stuart
(d) Longstreet

11. What is the first question Chamberlain has for the mutineers?
(a) Where are you from?
(b) When did you last eat?
(c) Why did you mutiny?
(d) How many of you will fight?

12. What disagreement does Buford encounter upon arriving at headquarters?
(a) Which general is in command, Howard or Hancock.
(b) Who is the better man, Lee or Meade.
(c) What should be done with captured deserters.
(d) Who is responsible for the day's success.

13. How does Chamberlain say this war is different from other wars?
(a) People are fighting for other's freedom.
(b) People are fighting for land.
(c) People are fighting for women.
(d) People are fighting for money.

14. Which of these name is NOT used to refer to General Lee?
(a) Old Granny
(b) The Colonel
(c) King of Spades
(d) Old Man

15. From what is the book's title derived?
(a) A line of Edgar Allan Poe's.
(b) A sermon from a visiting preacher.
(c) A speech Chamberlain made at school.
(d) A letter Chamberlain receives from his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ewell appear to Lee?

2. To whom does Buford send a message regarding the Rebel troops?

3. Why does Gibbon not want Buford to go into headquarters?

4. Where is Buford's observation point at the start of the battle?

5. Why does Armistead say Lee will not use a defensive strategy?

(see the answer keys)

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