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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapters 23-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Major Armistead ask in a message to Hancock after Hancock meets with Hamilton?
(a) That he be allowed to marry Hancock's daughter.
(b) That he be invited to dinner.
(c) That he be sent reinforcements right away.
(d) That he never be contacted again.

2. Where does McClellan keep his army after Lee retreats?
(a) On boats on the Potomac.
(b) In the forest, mostly for shelter.
(c) On the Antietam battlefield.
(d) In residential houses in Richmond.

3. Who arrives as back-up for Hancock as he is guarding his charge?
(a) The U.S. infantry.
(b) Neither his friends nor the infantry.
(c) Both the U.S. infantry and his friends from town.
(d) His friends from town.

4. What event leaves Lee in charge of his family estate?
(a) The death of his mother.
(b) The death of his mother-in-law.
(c) The death of his father-in-law.
(d) The death of his father.

5. Where does Lee order Jackson to get his troops before the Second Battle of Bull Run?
(a) Into the mountains of Hayes Valley.
(b) In the Shenandoah Hills.
(c) Into the creeks for safety.
(d) Between the Union army and Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jackson do during John Brown's execution?

2. Where does Lee first meet with the governor of Virginia?

3. Who delivers the request from the Secretary of War to Lee?

4. In the first battle over Richmond, how many men does Jackson have?

5. Where is John Brown from?

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