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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How was Grant reinstated into the army?
(a) A politician demanded reinstatement.
(b) He had to reapply and start over.
(c) He paid a bribe to get it.
(d) He made a campaign contribution to get it.

4. What is the argument of Confederate commanders who insist upon a battle in Chapter 1?
(a) That the women will be disappointed.
(b) That not fighting would be demoralizing.
(c) That the soldiers must earn their wages.
(d) That they must do it for the Confederacy.

5. What sales career did Grant unsuccessfully try while staying out of the family business?
(a) Advertising sales.
(b) Floral sales.
(c) Real estate sales.
(d) Funeral insurance sales.

6. Who rides by, impressing Luther as always with his bearing and appearance?
(a) Grant.
(b) Palmer.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Johnston.

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

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

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

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

11. What is the word that is unfinished in the letter in Chapter 2?
(a) Love.
(b) Friend.
(c) Home.
(d) Soon.

12. What does "Shiloh" mean?
(a) Jesus lives.
(b) Evil, be gone.
(c) Place of peace.
(d) Money safe.

13. In Chapter 1, who says that the only possibility of success the Confederates have is a surprise attack?
(a) Grant.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Johnston.
(d) Palmer.

14. What makes the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 begin to question whether their guns work?
(a) Their own inability.
(b) The rain.
(c) Their lack of confidence.
(d) Their swords have fallen apart.

15. What is Walter Fountain's title in the military?
(a) Strategist.
(b) Adjunct.
(c) Chaplain.
(d) Lookout.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Luther think about the men he sees lying on the ground?

3. How does Luther kill the Union soldier in hand to hand combat?

4. What makes it impossible for Luther's troop to stay in formation?

5. What is Walter Fountain's military rank?

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