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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Toward what location is the Confederate Army marching at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Pittsburg Landing.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Corinth Landing.
(d) Pittsburg.

2. What practical item do many of the Confederate soldiers join the army without?
(a) A weapon.
(b) A birth certificate.
(c) Wives.
(d) Life insurance.

3. What makes the march for the Confederate soldiers at the beginning of the novel so difficult?
(a) Cliffs.
(b) Rocks.
(c) The river.
(d) Mud.

4. Where was Palmer when the Confederacy seceded from the Union?
(a) Making a bank deposit.
(b) Sitting in a doctor's office.
(c) At the Louisiana State Military Academy.
(d) At Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

5. How does Palmer's father lose an arm?
(a) Fighting in Texas.
(b) In a cotton gin.
(c) At the lumber mill.
(d) Gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who describes the condition of the Confederate soldiers as they march in the beginning of the novel?

2. Which general is Palmer's boss?

3. What is the argument of Confederate commanders who insist upon a battle in Chapter 1?

4. How do the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 test their guns?

5. In Chapter 1, who is in favor of canceling the Confederate attack?

(see the answer key)

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