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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Palmer's job in the Confederate Army?
(a) Aide-de-Camp.
(b) General.
(c) Cook.
(d) Medic-at-large.

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

6. What is Luther's home state?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Florida.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Tennessee.

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

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

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

10. Who killed the animal that the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 see and shoot at during their march?
(a) Johnston.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Palmer.
(d) No one.

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

12. To whom does Walter deliver his commander's message?
(a) Sidney.
(b) Johnston.
(c) Grant.
(d) Sherman.

13. 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) Kamakaze.
(d) Slow and loud.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Luther and the other soldiers take from the Union tents as they rush past?

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

3. What does "Shiloh" mean?

4. What is Burt Tapley's ailment?

5. What makes the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 begin to question whether their guns work?

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