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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. 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) Kamakaze.
(b) Nuclear.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Slow and loud.

4. How does Palmer know Sherman?
(a) Sherman is Palmer's uncle.
(b) Sherman was once Palmer's preacher.
(c) Sherman was Palmer's military academy instructor.
(d) Sherman fought with Palmer's uncle.

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

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

7. What does Luther leave behind after his hand to hand combat?
(a) His nunchucks.
(b) His knife.
(c) His bayonet.
(d) His gun.

8. What makes some of the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 yell for joy?
(a) Pie.
(b) It begins to rain.
(c) The war is cancelled.
(d) The sun comes out.

9. How old is Palmer when the book begins?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 21.

10. What practical item do many of the Confederate soldiers join the army without?
(a) Life insurance.
(b) A birth certificate.
(c) A weapon.
(d) Wives.

11. What is the "rattle" noise that Walter hears in Chapter 2?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) A drum.
(c) A dog.
(d) Confederate gunfire.

12. What is Luther Dade's rank in Chapter 3?
(a) General.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Private.
(d) Captain.

13. What is Burt Tapley's ailment?
(a) He has a crushed skull.
(b) He has a broken rib.
(c) He has a stitch in his side.
(d) He has a broken arm.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assures Walter's commander that there are no Confederates nearer than Corinth?

2. How does Palmer's father lose an arm?

3. According to the letter read to Confederate troops in Chapter 1, who is depending on the soldiers?

4. How many Confederate commanders think the battle in Chapter 1 should be called off?

5. According to Walter, who has always had a soft spot for animals?

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