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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is constantly alerting higher commanders that there are enemy forces in the area?
(a) Palmer.
(b) Appler.
(c) Johnston.
(d) Forrest.

2. What Union noise does Johnston hear in Chapter 1?
(a) A bugle.
(b) A dog.
(c) A drum.
(d) A loud scream.

3. What sales career did Grant unsuccessfully try while staying out of the family business?
(a) Advertising sales.
(b) Funeral insurance sales.
(c) Floral sales.
(d) Real estate sales.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word that is unfinished in the letter in Chapter 2?

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

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

4. What is Walter Fountain's title in the military?

5. What is the "rattle" noise that Walter hears in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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