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

2. Where does Hancock go to warn people that Lee must be up to something during the battle at Chancellorsville?
(a) Back to his tent.
(b) The telegram office.
(c) Headquarters.
(d) The telegraph office.

3. How does Jane die?
(a) From scarlet fever.
(b) She is murdered.
(c) She drowns in a lake.
(d) She dies of hunger.

4. Who shares Sumner's concern about General Burnside's plan to cross the river.
(a) Chamberlain.
(b) Lee.
(c) Davis.
(d) Nearly everyone.

5. What is General Oliver Howard in command of?
(a) A small batch of infantrymen.
(b) Coordinating communications between all of the troops.
(c) A small batch of cavlary men.
(d) The Eleventh Corps of the Union Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major icon is Hancock hoping to storm during the battle of Fredericksburg?

2. How does Burnside try to redeem himself after Fredericksburg?

3. Why is the battle of Fredericksburg significant for the Twentieth Maine?

4. Why does the Union army retreat and create a defensive line around Chancellorsville?

5. What happens to A.P. Hill during the battle at Chancellorsville?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the pattern of the Union troops once the battle at Chancellorsville begins?

2. What does Hancock see when he turns around to look at his men as he reaches the crest of the hill at Fredericksburg?

3. What fills Lee and Longstreet with pride as they see the Union army begin its attack outside of Fredericksburg?

4. What happens to Lee, physically, soon after the battle at Fredericksburg?

5. What happens to Hancock's unit during the attack at Fredericksburg?

6. What does Hancock think of the Confederates' strategy during the battle of Chancellorsville?

7. How does Hancock react when he learns that the men have been ordered to retreat from their attack around Chancellorsville?

8. What does Hancock come to realize about the battle at Chancellorsville?

9. What information does General Stuart share with Lee after the battle at Fredericksburg?

10. How do Lee and Jackson divide their army around Chancellorsville?

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