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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Palmer know Sherman?
(a) Sherman was once Palmer's preacher.
(b) Sherman fought with Palmer's uncle.
(c) Sherman is Palmer's uncle.
(d) Sherman was Palmer's military academy instructor.

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

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

4. How do the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 test their guns?
(a) By firing them.
(b) By reloading them.
(c) By replacing them.
(d) By burning them.

5. How old is Palmer when the book begins?
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose mother dies in childbirth?

3. What makes the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 begin to question whether their guns work?

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

5. What does Palmer call the Confederate army from the vantage point of a ridge in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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