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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. 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.

2. What provokes Walter's commander to send him with a message to the general that an attack is imminent?
(a) He hears something in the woods.
(b) Seeing Union soldiers on the march.
(c) Dreaming about a skirmish.
(d) A minor skirmish.

3. How do the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 test their guns?
(a) By replacing them.
(b) By burning them.
(c) By firing them.
(d) By reloading them.

4. What sales career did Grant unsuccessfully try while staying out of the family business?
(a) Funeral insurance sales.
(b) Advertising sales.
(c) Floral sales.
(d) Real estate sales.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walter's commander make the aides and officers do?

2. Which general is Palmer's boss?

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

4. What does Luther leave behind after his hand to hand combat?

5. What two words does Luther use to describe the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do some troops hear different versions of the letter from Johnston as they march to battle?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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