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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 some of the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 yell for joy?
(a) The war is cancelled.
(b) It begins to rain.
(c) Pie.
(d) The sun comes out.

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

3. Why is Luther excused from a second day of charging?
(a) He is wounded.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is promoted.
(d) He is fired.

4. Whose mother dies in childbirth?
(a) Sherman's.
(b) Grant's.
(c) Palmer's.
(d) Johnston's.

5. What is the goal of Luther's troop, according to their attack plan?
(a) To steal the cannons of the Union troop.
(b) To capture at least 50 percent of the Union troop.
(c) To blow up the Union's steam boat.
(d) To push the Union back to the banks of the Tennessee River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assures Walter's commander that there are no Confederates nearer than Corinth?

2. According to Walter, who has always had a soft spot for animals?

3. What makes the march for the Confederate soldiers at the beginning of the novel so difficult?

4. What does Palmer call the Confederate army from the vantage point of a ridge in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 1, who is in favor of canceling the Confederate attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the other Confederate commanders feel about Johnston's recommendation to pull out and why?

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

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

4. What was Walter's typical day like, and why is it unusual?

5. Explain the Union battle line up.

6. What issue does Palmer see with the Waterloo-based strategy?

7. What does Colonel Appler do when Sherman leaves his camp? Why?

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

9. Explain the Confederate strategy that is based on Waterloo.

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

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