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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Walter have guard duty at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) As punishment.
(b) For fun.
(c) He was promoted to this job.
(d) It's his normal job.

2. What was Grant's family business?
(a) Farming.
(b) Tanning.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Cotton.

3. How should the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 have tested their guns?
(a) By burning them.
(b) By firing them.
(c) By replacing them.
(d) By reloading them.

4. Who assures Walter's commander that there are no Confederates nearer than Corinth?
(a) Grant.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Johnston.
(d) Sidney.

5. What provokes Walter's commander to send him with a message to the general that an attack is imminent?
(a) Dreaming about a skirmish.
(b) Seeing Union soldiers on the march.
(c) A minor skirmish.
(d) He hears something in the woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Grant reinstated into the army?

2. How does Palmer learn so much about Johnston?

3. What does Walter do while on guard duty?

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

5. When he joins the family business, who keeps Grant away from customers?

(see the answer key)

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