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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Walter do while on guard duty?
(a) Writes a letter.
(b) Plans his attack.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Reads Tom Sawyer.

2. Which regiment does Luther belong to?
(a) 6th Mississippi Rifle.
(b) 53rd Ohio.
(c) 23rd Texan.
(d) 22nd Iowa.

3. What is Burt Tapley's ailment?
(a) He has a broken arm.
(b) He has a stitch in his side.
(c) He has a broken rib.
(d) He has a crushed skull.

4. What provokes Walter's commander to send him with a message to the general that an attack is imminent?
(a) Dreaming about a skirmish.
(b) He hears something in the woods.
(c) A minor skirmish.
(d) Seeing Union soldiers on the march.

5. What is the goal of Luther's troop, according to their attack plan?
(a) To blow up the Union's steam boat.
(b) To push the Union back to the banks of the Tennessee River.
(c) To capture at least 50 percent of the Union troop.
(d) To steal the cannons of the Union troop.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Johnston's opinion in Chapter 1, what kind of attack would the Confederacy need to make in order to have any chance at all of success?

2. Who assures Walter's commander that there are no Confederates nearer than Corinth?

3. What does Luther's troop find past the Union tents?

4. How does Palmer's father lose an arm?

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

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