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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must the Union army must way their way out of as the move against the Confederates around Chancellorsville?
(a) Very thick mud.
(b) A swarm of locusts.
(c) Thick, tangled forests.
(d) A mequito infestation.

2. Who is A.P. Hill in relation to Jackson?
(a) His brother.
(b) His boss.
(c) His colleague.
(d) His subordinate.

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

4. What to Lee and Jackson use to help them find a road that leads toward the Federal troops outside of Chancellorsville?
(a) A map.
(b) A compass.
(c) A human guide.
(d) A written guide.

5. What is Jackson worried the Union soldiers will use as an escape route from the battle at Chancellorsville?
(a) Boats and canoes.
(b) The Rappahannock River.
(c) The tunnels they dug the previous winter.
(d) The Susquehannah Mountains.

6. Who replaces Burnside as commander of the Union Army?
(a) Washington.
(b) Barton.
(c) Davis.
(d) Hooker.

7. Who commands the division that goes in front of Hancock's at Fredericksburg?
(a) General English.
(b) General French.
(c) General Deustch.
(d) General Espana.

8. Where is Lee when General Stuart sends him the gift of a new uniform?
(a) Outside of Pittsburg.
(b) In a hospital near Scuttleburg.
(c) In the hills above Fredericksburg.
(d) At Gettysburg.

9. How much time passes between when Hancock's men advance and when the Twentieth Main's men advance over the same land at Fredericksburg?
(a) Just seconds; they have joined units.
(b) A few hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) One week.

10. What are the Union troops commanded to do at Chancellorsville once Hooker has been wounded?
(a) Charge at full-speed.
(b) Pull back.
(c) Fight even harder in his name.
(d) Advance.

11. Where does Hancock assemble his troops to prepare for the battle at Fredericksburg?
(a) Right outside of town.
(b) At the local college.
(c) In the forest and at night, so no one sees them.
(d) Inside town.

12. Who is in charge of the Confederate men after Jackson and Hill are no longer able to command the troops?
(a) Washington.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Hancock.
(d) J.E.B. Stuart.

13. What does Howard order his men to do for defense outside of Chancellorsville?
(a) Build walls.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Dig trenches.
(d) Set up the cannons.

14. What natural event seems like the only thing that will stop Jackson's advance at Chancellorsville?
(a) A horrible snowstorm.
(b) A tornado.
(c) Nightfall.
(d) A horrible thunderstorm.

15. How does Burnside try to redeem himself after Fredericksburg?
(a) By moving his forces south.
(b) By talking to a reporter about how it's not his fault.
(c) By moving his forces north.
(d) By writing his autobiography.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role in the battle of Chancellorsville do Hancock's men play once Hooker is wounded?

2. Who is left in charge of the Twentieth Maine when Colonel Ames is no longer available?

3. What slows Hancock's men's advancement toward Fredericksburg?

4. Who shares Sumner's concern about General Burnside's plan to cross the river.

5. When does Jackson order his last division into battle at Chancellorsville?

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