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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is a higher ranking officer needed after Jefferson points out the arrival of new recruits?
(a) To order more reinforcements.
(b) To find a good hiding place.
(c) To devise a battle strategy.
(d) A high ranking officer can officially pull the troops out.

2. With which regiment does Otto serve?
(a) 63rd Kansas.
(b) 63rd Mississippi.
(c) 1st Minnesota Battery.
(d) 23rd Ohio.

3. Where was Bedford born?
(a) In middle Tennessee.
(b) In Missouri.
(c) In southern Arkansas.
(d) In Boston.

4. According to Jefferson, in what battle was Forrest wounded?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Pittsburgh Landing.
(c) Shiloh.
(d) Fallen Timbers.

5. What is Otto's rank?
(a) Captain.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Private.
(d) Corporal.

6. Where are members of the 23rd Indiana camped?
(a) At Shiloh church.
(b) On a river island.
(c) At Stoney Lonesome.
(d) At Corinth.

7. What is Jefferson's military job?
(a) Scout.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Reporter.
(d) Strategist.

8. Who says that Otto and the other men have simply lost their confidence?
(a) Keller.
(b) Grant.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Buterbaugh.

9. Why aren't members of the 23rd Indiana close?
(a) All of them want to be heroes.
(b) None of them want to be in the army.
(c) They have religious differences.
(d) They attended rival schools before the army.

10. On what day does Chapter 6 take place?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

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

12. What battle site is the 23rd Indiana camp near?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Pittsburg.
(c) Shiloh.
(d) Gettysburg.

13. How does Jefferson feel about his military job?
(a) He is neutral about it.
(b) He hates it.
(c) It's the only job he could find.
(d) He enjoys it.

14. What does Keller call the people he is cussing?
(a) Mama's boys.
(b) Cowards.
(c) Losers.
(d) Dogs.

15. What are Pettigrew's last words?
(a) Tell my father."
(b) "God, forgive me."
(c) "God, forgive Lavery."
(d) "Tell my wife."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Otto's job in the war?

2. Who asks Jefferson where he can find a doctor?

3. Who does Otto learn was with Walter when he was blown up by a cannon?

4. Who is the commander of the new recruits that Jefferson sees arriving?

5. In whose cavalry does Jefferson serve?

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