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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What issue is emotional and political to Confederates regardless of why the Civil War is being waged?
(a) The control of lands.
(b) Power struggles.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Emancipation of women.

3. Who goes to Washington after the surrender ceremony and visits Lincoln?
(a) Lee.
(b) Grant.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Stuart.

4. How long is the pontoon bridge over the James River that the Federal forces pass over?
(a) 1/2 mile.
(b) 1 mile.
(c) 1/4 mile.
(d) 2 miles.

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

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

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

8. Who reassures Grant that the war is still his call and that Washington politics will not interfere with his decisions?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Stuart.

9. Who receives orders from Sheridan to move his forces forward from Saylor's Creek to Appomattox?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Grant.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Lee.

10. Who leads his Fifth Corps toward Petersburg along with Meade's forces?
(a) Longstreet.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) McNamara.
(d) Gordon.

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

12. After the Federal soldiers cross James River, to whom does the command of Confederate soldiers go?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Meade.
(c) Grant.
(d) Beauregard.

13. Which officials, consisting of the vice president, assistant secretary of war, and president of the senate, visit Lincoln?
(a) Confederate.
(b) Economist.
(c) Union.
(d) Anarchist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lee try to protect but is pushed back by an all-out assault, forced to retreat across the Appomattox River?

2. The victory at Cold Harbor for the Confederates was the result of a ________________.

3. Who will lead his division of Black soldiers into the breach made by blowing a hole in the Confederate defense?

4. Who receives word that Sherman has captured Atlanta?

5. Who will not take the initiative like Stonewall Jackson had for the Confederates?

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