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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Walter's commander?
(a) Palmer.
(b) Forrest.
(c) Johnston.
(d) Appler.

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

3. What makes it impossible for Luther's troop to stay in formation?
(a) It's raining too hard to see.
(b) It's too dark to see.
(c) Briars and underbrush.
(d) Confusion.

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

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

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

7. Who has information about the history of the word "Shiloh?"
(a) Treadway.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Grant.

8. Which general is Palmer's boss?
(a) Johnston.
(b) Walker.
(c) Grant.
(d) Sherman.

9. How do the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 test their guns?
(a) By reloading them.
(b) By burning them.
(c) By firing them.
(d) By replacing them.

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

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

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

13. How does Palmer learn so much about Johnston?
(a) From a book.
(b) He was Palmer's teacher.
(c) From his father.
(d) He is Palmer's uncle.

14. Toward what location is the Confederate Army marching at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Pittsburg.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Pittsburg Landing.
(d) Corinth Landing.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "rattle" noise that Walter hears in Chapter 2?

2. Who describes the condition of the Confederate soldiers as they march in the beginning of the novel?

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

4. What practical item do many of the Confederate soldiers join the army without?

5. Why isn't a surprise attack possible for the Confederates in Chapter 1?

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