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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 makes it impossible for Luther's troop to stay in formation?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Briars and underbrush.
(c) It's raining too hard to see.
(d) It's too dark to see.

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

3. What do Luther and the other soldiers take from the Union tents as they rush past?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Biscuits and other food.
(c) Money.
(d) Guns and knives.

4. What does Luther dream about the night before the battle at Shiloh?
(a) Cookies and cakes.
(b) His family at home.
(c) Dying.
(d) His girlfriend.

5. Who has information about the history of the word "Shiloh?"
(a) Treadway.
(b) Grant.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Sherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practical item do many of the Confederate soldiers join the army without?

2. What is the name of the dog with Walter?

3. What finally cheers the Confederate soldiers on their march in the beginning of the novel?

4. What is Luther Dade's rank in Chapter 3?

5. What is Walter Fountain's title in the military?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the Union battle line up.

2. Discuss the dream Palmer has the night before the major battle.

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

4. What is a skirmish? How is it different from a battle?

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

6. What does Luther initially think about fellow troop members lying on the ground? What does he come to realize?

7. Discuss Palmer's mother and father.

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

9. How does General Grant go from being called "Useless" Grant to becoming a general in the war?

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

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