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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four, Chapter 44-47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is John Brown executed?
(a) By rifle.
(b) By hanging.
(c) By drowning.
(d) By lethal injection.

2. Who is Mira?
(a) Hancock's sister.
(b) Hancock's wife.
(c) Hancock's daughter.
(d) Hancock's mother.

3. What unit is Chamberlain put in charge of after Fredericksburg?
(a) The Twentieth Maine.
(b) All of the Union forces.
(c) The Twentieth Maine and the Seventeenth Vermont.
(d) The Twentieth Maine, the Seventeenth Vermont, and the Twelfth New York.

4. Why does Hooker decide to have his men stop attacking around Chancellorsville?
(a) He has lost his nerve.
(b) He has gone insane.
(c) He wants to wait for reinforcements.
(d) He knows he is greatly outnumbered.

5. Who is Sam Houston?
(a) The mayor of the town that will later be called Houston.
(b) The mayor of Los Angeles.
(c) The governor of Texas.
(d) The governor of California.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits McClellan has he and his troops stay put after Lee retreats?

2. What bad vaccine is an entire regiment given after Fredericksburg?

3. What tragedy has just befallen Jackson when the novel opens?

4. Who let's Longstreet and his corps know that he will soon arrive across the Rappahannock to help with defense?

5. What is Chamberlain's brother promoted to after Fredericksburg?

(see the answer key)

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