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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Palmer call the Confederate army from the vantage point of a ridge in Chapter 1?
(a) Swimming sea of people.
(b) Tiny, marching ants.
(c) A hurricane of horror.
(d) Large army in motion.

2. Whose horse sinks when Luther's troop goes through the swamp?
(a) Cleburn's.
(b) Sherman's.
(c) Luther's.
(d) Palmer's.

3. What image does Otto associate with the unnerving sound he describes?
(a) Marching bands.
(b) Brainless humans.
(c) Dog bite.
(d) Canon detail.

4. Who yells at Luther's troop to close the gap in the swamp?
(a) Palmer.
(b) Cleburn.
(c) Luther.
(d) Sherman.

5. Why does Jefferson join the army?
(a) For tuition benefits.
(b) For the uniform.
(c) For the sizeable pension.
(d) To delay seeing his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which general is Palmer's boss?

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

3. What does Luther find after his hand to hand combat?

4. How should the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 have tested their guns?

5. What is Walter Fountain's military rank?

(see the answer key)

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