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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the dog with Walter?
(a) Spot.
(b) Reb.
(c) Rover.
(d) Bango.

2. To whom does Walter deliver his commander's message?
(a) Johnston.
(b) Grant.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Sidney.

3. Why does Walter have guard duty at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) He was promoted to this job.
(b) It's his normal job.
(c) For fun.
(d) As punishment.

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

5. What finally cheers the Confederate soldiers on their march in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Music.
(b) Sunlight.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) A deer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Grant's family business?

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

3. What does Walter do while on guard duty?

4. What kind of dog is with Walter?

5. What, according to Walter, was Grant's nickname in their hometown?

(see the answer key)

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