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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Walter do while on guard duty?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Reads Tom Sawyer.
(c) Plans his attack.
(d) Writes a letter.

2. Whose mother dies in childbirth?
(a) Sherman's.
(b) Palmer's.
(c) Johnston's.
(d) Grant's.

3. What sales career did Grant unsuccessfully try while staying out of the family business?
(a) Floral sales.
(b) Advertising sales.
(c) Real estate sales.
(d) Funeral insurance sales.

4. What makes the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 begin to question whether their guns work?
(a) Their swords have fallen apart.
(b) Their own inability.
(c) Their lack of confidence.
(d) The rain.

5. According to Walter, who has always had a soft spot for animals?
(a) Bango.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Palmer.
(d) Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stopped maneuver practice to take a look at the dog?

2. What is Walter Fountain's title in the military?

3. How do the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 test their guns?

4. According to Walter, how do the Union soldiers spend their days?

5. How old is Palmer when the book begins?

(see the answer key)

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