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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who describes the condition of the Confederate soldiers as they march in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Johnston.
(c) Palmer.
(d) Sherman.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What makes some of the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 yell for joy?

3. Where was Palmer when the Confederacy seceded from the Union?

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

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

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