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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Buford conclude when the Rebel troops pull back?
(a) The battle will take place outside of town.
(b) They went to the wrong place by mistake.
(c) Lee has turned -- it's the main body of the Rebel army.
(d) The Rebels are scared to face Union soldiers.

2. What decision does Longstreet make after hearing the spy's information?
(a) To go to Lee.
(b) To send another scout out to confirm.
(c) To move the troops to Gettysburg.
(d) To contact J.E.B. Stuart to get the cavalry to Longstreet's headquarters.

3. Why is Reynolds no longer in command?
(a) His horse gets startled by the cannonfire and runs off with him.
(b) Gen. Meade has arrived and removed him from command.
(c) He has been killed.
(d) He has been severely injured and is taken to the hospital tent.

4. What is causing Lee frustration at the start of the battle?
(a) His officers are not following his orders.
(b) He has still heard nothing from Stuart.
(c) His health is preventing him from getting close to the action.
(d) He has more troops, yet the Union seems to be winning already.

5. What does Longstreet think could lose the war?
(a) Honor
(b) Loyalty
(c) Cowardice
(d) Dishonesty

6. Why does Longstreet stay up as late as possible?
(a) To await orders from Lee.
(b) To avoid thinking about his children.
(c) To explain strategy to Fremantle.
(d) To study the battle plans carefully.

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

8. To whom does Buford send a message regarding the Rebel troops?
(a) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
(b) Gen. Meade
(c) John Reynolds
(d) James Longstreet

9. What had Heth been distinguished for the in old army?
(a) He had never lost his cool in battle.
(b) He was the leading expert on hand-to-hand combat.
(c) He had developed a new type of warfare.
(d) He had written a manual on the rifle.

10. Chamberlain comes from the state of _________.
(a) Connecticut
(b) Vermont
(c) Maine
(d) Massachusetts

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

12. Who is it the spy quotes to himself as he rides along?
(a) George Washington
(b) Napoleon
(c) Robert E. Lee
(d) Shakespeare

13. After Chamberlain talks to them, how many of the mutineers still refuse to fight?
(a) 120
(b) 6
(c) 114
(d) 10

14. How do Lee and Longstreet differ on battle strategy?
(a) Lee wants to lead with the infantry. Longstreet wants to lead with the cavalry.
(b) Lee wants to take the defensive. Longstreet wants to take the offensive.
(c) Lee wants to lead with the cavalry. Longstreet wants to lead with the infantry.
(d) Lee wants to take the offensive. Longstreet wants to take the defensive.

15. Where does Longstreet think Lee and his army should be instead of Chambersburg?
(a) Richmond
(b) Vicksburg
(c) Atlanta
(d) Philadelphia

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as "that ripply sound that raised the hair, that high thin scream from far away... terrible, inhuman"?

2. How does Chamberlain get the mutineers' attention?

3. For whose soul does Lee pray ?

4. What is unusual about Buford's reaction to Reynolds' arrival?

5. Why is Fremantle, the Englishman, in Longstreet's camp?

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