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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 is Walter Fountain's title in the military?
(a) Adjunct.
(b) Strategist.
(c) Chaplain.
(d) Lookout.
2. Who has information about the history of the word "Shiloh?"
(a) Treadway.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Grant.
(d) Buddy.
3. Who yells at Luther's troop to close the gap in the swamp?
(a) Luther.
(b) Cleburn.
(c) Palmer.
(d) Sherman.
4. In Chapter 1, who says that the only possibility of success the Confederates have is a surprise attack?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Palmer.
(c) Grant.
(d) Johnston.
5. What makes it impossible for Luther's troop to stay in formation?
(a) It's raining too hard to see.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Briars and underbrush.
(d) It's too dark to see.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Palmer call the Confederate army from the vantage point of a ridge in Chapter 1?
2. Who rides by, impressing Luther as always with his bearing and appearance?
3. What is part of the daily drills for the Union soldiers?
4. Why is Luther excused from a second day of charging?
5. What practical item do many of the Confederate soldiers join the army without?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe General Johnston's death, as witnessed by Luther.
2. How do the other Confederate commanders feel about Johnston's recommendation to pull out and why?
3. How does Walter learn the meaning of Shiloh? Discuss the meaning of the word.
4. Describe Luther's first hand-to-hand combat.
5. Why, according to Walter, do the soldiers in his troop want to fight at Shiloh?
6. In the letter he is writing, how does Walter say his troop arrived at Shiloh and what problem did they face?
7. Discuss the dream Palmer has the night before the major battle.
8. Why do some troops hear different versions of the letter from Johnston as they march to battle?
9. Explain the Union battle line up.
10. What was Walter's typical day like, and why is it unusual?
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