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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Walter do while on guard duty?
(a) Reads Tom Sawyer.
(b) Writes a letter.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Plans his attack.

2. Which general is Palmer's boss?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Johnston.
(c) Grant.
(d) Walker.

3. What makes the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 begin to question whether their guns work?
(a) Their lack of confidence.
(b) Their swords have fallen apart.
(c) Their own inability.
(d) The rain.

4. According to the letter read to Confederate troops in Chapter 1, who is depending on the soldiers?
(a) The women of the South.
(b) The slaves.
(c) The children.
(d) The Confederate government.

5. According to Walter, who has always had a soft spot for animals?
(a) Bango.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Palmer.
(d) Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Walter's commander?

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

3. What is Luther's home state?

4. Where was Palmer when the Confederacy seceded from the Union?

5. Who killed the animal that the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 see and shoot at during their march?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Luther's first hand-to-hand combat.

2. What event does Luther describe as "unreligious" and "obscene?"

3. What is Colonel Appler's main flaw? How does it affect his reputation?

4. What Union leader does Palmer know and how does he know him?

5. Why, according to Walter, do the soldiers in his troop want to fight at Shiloh?

6. Explain the Union battle line up.

7. What information about General Grant does Walter provide? What makes Walter a credible source?

8. Describe General Johnston's death, as witnessed by Luther.

9. Discuss Palmer's mother and father.

10. How do Luther and fellow troop members treat the ones who are lying on the ground?

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