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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far apart are Lee's soldiers fter the failed attempt to implement Gordon's plan?
(a) 12 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 9 feet.
(d) 6 feet.

2. Whose army is starving and expects a shipment of rations for his men to arrive?
(a) Hill.
(b) Lee.
(c) Grant.
(d) Sheridan.

3. What is the real name of Mark Twain?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Robert Lee.
(c) Samuel Clemens.
(d) Ulysses Grant.

4. What is filled with explosives and blows a hole in the Confederate defense?
(a) Bunkers.
(b) Buildings.
(c) Tunnels.
(d) Planes.

5. Who iscovers that Grant has not retreated and is moving his army toward the North Anna River with the intent to cross and move farther south?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Lee.
(c) Meade.
(d) Hancock.

6. Near what town does Lee camp out with his nephew, remaining troops, and Longstreet?
(a) Saylor's Creek.
(b) Filo Creek.
(c) Lover's Lane.
(d) Appomattox.

7. What do Lee's men begin to abandon, revealing their loss of morale?
(a) Their uniforms.
(b) Their muskets.
(c) Their boots.
(d) Their hats.

8. Who does Lee admire as the irst President of the United States?
(a) Grant.
(b) Washington.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Clay.

9. Who comes up with a bold plan that must be carried out flawlessly for Lee?
(a) Meade.
(b) Pickett.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Gordon.

10. What is the surrender ceremony full of?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Violence.
(c) Shooting.
(d) Celebration.

11. What carries ammunition but no food from Richmond?
(a) The truck.
(b) The boat.
(c) The train.
(d) The tank.

12. What do soldiers do as a sign of respect and by order of General Gordon at the ceremony?
(a) Stand at ease.
(b) Shoot guns.
(c) Fix bayonets.
(d) Throw away muskets.

13. Who misses Stuart's leadership of the cavalry?
(a) Meade.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Chamberlain.

14. Who engage with Gordon's troops at Saylor's Creek?
(a) The Federal Second Corps.
(b) The Confederate Troops.
(c) The Anarchist Leaders.
(d) The Union Soldiers.

15. What is Mark Twain's profession that introduces him to former Civil War generals?
(a) Marketing agent.
(b) Artist.
(c) Singer.
(d) Publisher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What army can be split and defeated if Lee can make a rail line that would take his army southward?

2. What Fort does Lee have to take as part of the bold plan of turning the Union cannons on the Federal entrenched line?

3. Who makes a serious mistake at Cold Harbor?

4. Who is the best officer that Lee has after Jackson dies?

5. What does Grant enjoy eating with his soldiers?

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