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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the engineer that came up with the novel idea to blow a hole in the Confederate defense?
(a) Meade.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Johnson.

2. What Fort does Lee have to take as part of the bold plan of turning the Union cannons on the Federal entrenched line?
(a) Vinland.
(b) Annabelle.
(c) Stedman.
(d) Ticonderoga.

3. What landing do the Federal forces' heavy artillery and supply wagons take a route to after Cold Harbor?
(a) Wyannoke.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Sister Veil.
(d) Shenandoah.

4. Where does Lee move after the Civil War has ended?
(a) Lexington.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Norfolk.
(d) Atlanta.

5. Who contradicts Sheridan's orders by telling Chamberlain to not go over the crest of a hill because he would expose his troops to fire?
(a) Brigand.
(b) Ord.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Sherman.

6. The push against Pickett near the intersection of three roads known as ________ starts out confused.
(a) Five Sisters.
(b) Five Forks.
(c) Five Soldiers.
(d) Five Brothers.

7. Who tells Grant that he would have been willing to allow slavery?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Lee.

8. Who does Grant send to gain control of the Shenandoah Valley and prevent Lee from moving north?
(a) Sheridan.
(b) Lee.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Early.

9. Who is the best officer that Lee has after Jackson dies?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Ewell.

10. Who will not take the initiative like Stonewall Jackson had for the Confederates?
(a) Ewell.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Meade.
(d) Stuart.

11. Who halts his troops while a Confederate officer rides his way under a white flag?
(a) Grant.
(b) Lee.
(c) Ord.
(d) Chamberlain.

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

13. What goes nowhere ecause Lincoln wants to preserve the Union?
(a) Victory announcement.
(b) Sharing of war spoils.
(c) Division of land.
(d) Peace negotiations.

14. What does Grant enjoy eating with his soldiers?
(a) Roasted almonds.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Sirloin steak.
(d) Salmon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lee's nephew?

2. Where does Grant want to go to return to his wife and children?

3. Who appeals to Davis with an idea to bring in new recruits from Georgia?

4. Grant rides out to Sheridan's position south of ___________, anticipating that Lee will try to go to Danville.

5. After the Federal soldiers cross James River, to whom does the command of Confederate soldiers go?

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