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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is part of the daily drills for the Union soldiers?
(a) Being shot at.
(b) Changing locations.
(c) Spying on the Confederates.
(d) Making weapons.

3. Where was Palmer when the Confederacy seceded from the Union?
(a) Making a bank deposit.
(b) Sitting in a doctor's office.
(c) At the Louisiana State Military Academy.
(d) At Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

4. How many Confederate commanders think the battle in Chapter 1 should be called off?
(a) Three of five.
(b) All of them.
(c) Only 1.
(d) None of them.

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. What is the name of Walter's wife?

2. According to the letter read to Confederate troops in Chapter 1, who is depending on the soldiers?

3. Toward what location is the Confederate Army marching at the beginning of the novel?

4. In Chapter 1, who says that the only possibility of success the Confederates have is a surprise attack?

5. What is Palmer's job in the Confederate Army?

(see the answer key)

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