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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the dog with Walter?
(a) Reb.
(b) Bango.
(c) Spot.
(d) Rover.

4. What does the Union noise that Johnston hears in Chapter 1 signify?
(a) That it is time to about-face.
(b) That the enemy has beens spoted and to prepare for immediate battle.
(c) That the Union is aware of the presence of the Confederates.
(d) That it is time to stop for the day and set up camp.

5. How long has Walter been gone from home?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 16 days.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 6 days.

6. 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?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Nuclear.
(c) Slow and loud.
(d) Kamakaze.

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

8. To which regiment does Walter Fountain belong?
(a) 53rd Ohio.
(b) 23rd Mississippi.
(c) 32nd Alabama.
(d) 35th New Orleans.

9. What is wrong with the men that Luther sees lying on the ground?
(a) They have a stitch in their sides.
(b) They all have broken ribs.
(c) They all have broken legs.
(d) They are wounded or dead.

10. What Union noise does Johnston hear in Chapter 1?
(a) A loud scream.
(b) A dog.
(c) A drum.
(d) A bugle.

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

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

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

14. Who writes a letter for Confederate commanders to read to their troops as they march toward battle in Chapter 1?
(a) Palmer.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Johnston.
(d) Grant.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Luther's troop find past the Union tents?

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

4. Why does Walter have guard duty at the beginning of Chapter 2?

5. Whose mother dies in childbirth?

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