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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What, according to Walter, was Grant's nickname in their hometown?
(a) Uncle Sam.
(b) "Useless" Grant.
(c) Sam.
(d) Sammy.

5. What is Walter's impression of the Confederate territories as he travels through them?
(a) They are lush, fertile territories.
(b) They are not worth fighting for.
(c) They can be improved with Union funds.
(d) He wants to move there when the war ends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walter's commander make the aides and officers do?

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

3. Why does Walter have guard duty at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

5. In which Biblical book is Shiloh mentioned?

(see the answer key)

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