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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Luther kill the Union soldier in hand to hand combat?
(a) Stabbing his groin.
(b) Stabbing his stomach.
(c) Stabbing his heart.
(d) Stabbing his head.

2. How does Luther come to understand the attack plan?
(a) Someone draws it on the ground for him.
(b) Someone who speaks English relays the message to him.
(c) He uses a dictionary.
(d) He studies the manual.

3. Why is Luther excused from a second day of charging?
(a) He is fired.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is promoted.
(d) He is wounded.

4. When he joins the family business, who keeps Grant away from customers?
(a) His wife.
(b) His children.
(c) His brothers.
(d) The customers themselves.

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

6. Who is Luther's commander?
(a) Plummer.
(b) Walker.
(c) Appler.
(d) Forrest.

7. What does Luther find after his hand to hand combat?
(a) A bayonet.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) A ring.

8. In which Biblical book is Shiloh mentioned?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Ephesians.
(c) Revelations.
(d) Second Samuel.

9. What weapon does Luther use in hand to hand combat?
(a) Bayonet.
(b) Gun.
(c) Nunchucks.
(d) Knife.

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

11. According to Walter, how do the Union soldiers spend their days?
(a) Drilling.
(b) Writing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating.

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

13. What does Walter's commander make the aides and officers do?
(a) Run five laps around the church site.
(b) Exercise each morning.
(c) Eat bugs along the trail.
(d) Train along with the troops.

14. Whose mother dies in childbirth?
(a) Grant's.
(b) Johnston's.
(c) Sherman's.
(d) Palmer's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dog with Walter?

2. What sales career did Grant unsuccessfully try while staying out of the family business?

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

4. What is Palmer's job in the Confederate Army?

5. How long has Walter been gone from home?

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