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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 kind of hostess is Mira described as?
(a) An excellent one.
(b) A rude one.
(c) A boring one.
(d) A rich one who throws very lavish and over-the-top parties.

2. How do the Union troops under McClellan withdraw from their attack of Richmond?
(a) By tank.
(b) By horseback.
(c) By sea.
(d) In the middle of the night.

3. Where is Chamberlain hunting when the novel opens up?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Maine.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Mexico.

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

5. What has left Lee's wife crippled?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) An accident.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Polio.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lee finally find out about how the Battle of Bull Run went?

2. What animal is Chamberlain hunting when the novel opens?

3. What command does the governor of Virginia give Lee when they first meet?

4. After he is put in command of the Confederate Army, who does Lee put in charge of his two corps?

5. How are Jackson's soldiers described during the Battle of Bull Run?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads President Davis to relieve Johnston from his command?

2. Why is the Confederacy energized by the Battle of Bull Run?

3. How does Jackson respond to his students' questions during his lectures when he is first introduced in the novel?

4. What happens to Lee and Longstreet on their way to meet up with Jackson before the Second Battle of Bull Run?

5. Who is Mr. Hamilton?

6. What ends up happening to John Brown after his insurrection?

7. How do the leaders of Bowdoin College respond to Chamberlain's speech to his students about joining the war?

8. What does Chamberlain see when he returns to the hilltop where he was nearly killed in his first battle?

9. How do Hancock and his men end up attacking Richmond?

10. What does Taylor request of Lee shortly after the war begins?

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