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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of dog is with Walter?
(a) Dalmation.
(b) Poodle.
(c) Boxer.
(d) A Redbone.

2. What was Grant's family business?
(a) Tanning.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Farming.

3. What two words does Luther use to describe the war?
(a) Ethical and moral.
(b) Obscene and gory.
(c) Unreligious and obscene.
(d) Necessary and moral.

4. How does Palmer's father lose an arm?
(a) In a cotton gin.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Fighting in Texas.
(d) At the lumber mill.

5. What makes the march for the Confederate soldiers at the beginning of the novel so difficult?
(a) Cliffs.
(b) The river.
(c) Mud.
(d) Rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Walter been gone from home?

2. What does Luther dream about the night before the battle at Shiloh?

3. When he joins the family business, who keeps Grant away from customers?

4. What is Walter Fountain's military rank?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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