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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What practical item do many of the Confederate soldiers join the army without?
(a) Life insurance.
(b) A weapon.
(c) A birth certificate.
(d) Wives.

3. How does Palmer's father lose an arm?
(a) Fighting in Texas.
(b) At the lumber mill.
(c) Gambling.
(d) In a cotton gin.

4. According to the letter read to Confederate troops in Chapter 1, who is depending on the soldiers?
(a) The children.
(b) The Confederate government.
(c) The slaves.
(d) The women of the South.

5. What makes the march for the Confederate soldiers at the beginning of the novel so difficult?
(a) Mud.
(b) The river.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Cliffs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who describes the condition of the Confederate soldiers as they march in the beginning of the novel?

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

4. What finally cheers the Confederate soldiers on their march in the beginning of the novel?

5. Why isn't a surprise attack possible for the Confederates in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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