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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 did Ed and Sue Curtis stop doing?
(a) Answering their phone.
(b) Going to the supermarket.
(c) Seeing friends.
(d) Going to church.

2. What was Michael Westerman's wife's name?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Roberta.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Irina.

3. What did the Children of the Confederacy teach children about?
(a) The major battle won by the Confederacy.
(b) Perceived treachery of the North.
(c) Racism.
(d) The virtue of slavery.

4. What did the men of the CCC feel the Confederate flag represented?
(a) The ideal of slavery.
(b) Good old times.
(c) Conservative ideals.
(d) Racism.

5. Who was Shelby Foote according to Chapter 7?
(a) A novelist and historical writer.
(b) A curator.
(c) A writer.
(d) A farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the war empower according to the woman who took over the Confederate museum?

2. What did the black students of the local high school wear?

3. What would Foote do during the day at the battlefield?

4. What did Hodge tell Horwitz not to bring?

5. Where did Horwitz go at the start of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Alberta Martin's husband?

2. What did the sign of Montgomery say according to Chapter 14?

3. What did the African American congressman Joe McGill tell Horwtiz about what happened to him during the war?

4. What did Horwitz say about his interest in the Civil War?

5. What did Horwitz do prior to going to the reenactment according to Chapter 6?

6. Why did Alberta Martin marry her first husband?

7. What did the rebel flag represent to some people?

8. Who did Walt think was part of a conspiracy to ruin the White race?

9. Whose action did Foote defend to the amazement of Horwitz?

10. What famous event was the turning point of the Shiloh battle?

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