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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) Plans his attack.
(b) Reads Tom Sawyer.
(c) Writes a letter.
(d) Sleeps.

2. Toward what location is the Confederate Army marching at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Corinth Landing.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Pittsburg.
(d) Pittsburg Landing.

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

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

5. Who killed the animal that the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 see and shoot at during their march?
(a) Palmer.
(b) Johnston.
(c) No one.
(d) Sherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Luther come to understand the attack plan?

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

3. To whom does Walter deliver his commander's message?

4. According to the letter read to Confederate troops in Chapter 1, who is depending on the soldiers?

5. Who has information about the history of the word "Shiloh?"

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