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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of dog is with Walter?
(a) Dalmation.
(b) Boxer.
(c) A Redbone.
(d) Poodle.

2. What makes some of the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 yell for joy?
(a) The war is cancelled.
(b) The sun comes out.
(c) It begins to rain.
(d) Pie.

3. Why isn't a surprise attack possible for the Confederates in Chapter 1?
(a) They have made too much noise.
(b) The generals talked and planned the battle.
(c) No one knows where the Union soldiers are.
(d) The Union soldiers can see them already.

4. Who has information about the history of the word "Shiloh?"
(a) Sherman.
(b) Grant.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Treadway.

5. Who writes a letter for Confederate commanders to read to their troops as they march toward battle in Chapter 1?
(a) Grant.
(b) Palmer.
(c) Johnston.
(d) Sherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed the animal that the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 see and shoot at during their march?

2. What does the Union noise that Johnston hears in Chapter 1 signify?

3. What, according to Walter, was Grant's nickname in their hometown?

4. What makes the march for the Confederate soldiers at the beginning of the novel so difficult?

5. Why does Walter have guard duty at the beginning of Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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