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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 animal do some of the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 see and shoot at during their march?
(a) A bear.
(b) A deer.
(c) A dog.
(d) A raccoon.

2. What is the name of Walter's wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Mary Ellen.
(c) Martha.
(d) Magdeline.

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

4. What is the word that is unfinished in the letter in Chapter 2?
(a) Home.
(b) Love.
(c) Soon.
(d) Friend.

5. Who is Walter's commander?
(a) Palmer.
(b) Johnston.
(c) Forrest.
(d) Appler.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Grant's family business?

3. What is Palmer's job in the Confederate Army?

4. Why is Luther excused from a second day of charging?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sherman do with the information provided to him by Colonel Appler?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What are the challenges of the swamp Luther and his troop face? What happens to General Cleburn?

8. How does Walter learn the meaning of Shiloh? Discuss the meaning of the word.

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

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

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