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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the infantry soldiers refer to the cannon detail, according to Otto?
(a) Tough as nails guys.
(b) Easy living boys.
(c) Men of iron.
(d) Tough boys.

2. What is the rank of Otto's commander?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Captain.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) General.

3. Who does Jefferson first tell about the arrival of new recruits?
(a) Johnston.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Palmer.
(d) Forrest.

4. What does Jefferson stand on to watch more soldiers arrive?
(a) A tree stump.
(b) A box.
(c) A banana crate.
(d) An Indian mound.

5. Who does Keller cuss?
(a) The soldiers that are fleeing.
(b) The soldiers who are lost.
(c) The soldiers who get shot.
(d) The soldiers who cannot run.

6. Which cannon near Otto is hit?
(a) The one in front of him.
(b) The one to his right.
(c) The one to his left.
(d) The one behind him.

7. Who, according to his recollection, gave Otto a gift when he joined the army?
(a) His youngest brother.
(b) His oldest brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

8. Who survives the cannon attack that killed Walter and is with Otto and others in Chapter 4?
(a) Palmer.
(b) Luther.
(c) Bango.
(d) Grant.

9. Who in the 23rd Indiana offers a bit of optimism about the weather?
(a) Lavery.
(b) Klein.
(c) Bonner.
(d) Grissom.

10. What image does Otto associate with the unnerving sound he describes?
(a) Dog bite.
(b) Marching bands.
(c) Canon detail.
(d) Brainless humans.

11. Who thought all children came from Boston?
(a) Robert.
(b) Grissom.
(c) Pettigrew.
(d) Lavery.

12. Who asks Jefferson where he can find a doctor?
(a) Luther.
(b) Forrest.
(c) Palmer.
(d) Otto.

13. Who says Union soldiers were happy when Confederates did not charge again?
(a) Robert.
(b) Lavery.
(c) Grissom.
(d) Diffenbuch.

14. Who is the commander of the new recruits that Jefferson sees arriving?
(a) Buell.
(b) Grant.
(c) Sidney.
(d) Sherman.

15. Otto learns that Walter was blown up by a cannon. Where did the cannon land?
(a) In his lap.
(b) At his feet.
(c) Behind his chair.
(d) On his desk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jefferson's military job?

2. How were Confederate soldiers buried by the Union?

3. Who insisted Jefferson attend seminary?

4. Why aren't members of the 23rd Indiana close?

5. Where was Bedford born?

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