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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 boys.
(b) Easy living boys.
(c) Men of iron.
(d) Tough as nails guys.

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

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

4. What is the unnerving sound that Otto describes?
(a) The Rebel yell.
(b) The cannon exploding.
(c) The war drum.
(d) The dog barking.

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

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

7. Who sees Pettigrew die?
(a) Lavery.
(b) Luther.
(c) Diffenbuch.
(d) Grissom.

8. Who says he prays God will forgive Lavery for his "pretty" remark?
(a) Pettigrew.
(b) Diffenbuch.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Grissom.

9. How were Confederate soldiers buried by the Union?
(a) They were cremated.
(b) In mass graves.
(c) They were draped with branches.
(d) They were not buried at all.

10. How old was the boy when he left the orphanage?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

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

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

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

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

15. What, to Lavery, is "pretty?"
(a) Confederate girls.
(b) A skirmish in the Union's favor.
(c) A Union girl.
(d) A nice meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jefferson sworn in as a cavalry recruit?

2. Where does Jefferson get the item that he wears when he takes the others to see the new recruits?

3. What is Otto's decision at the end of his recount in Chapter 4?

4. Who says Union soldiers were happy when Confederates did not charge again?

5. What battle site is the 23rd Indiana camp near?

(see the answer keys)

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