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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes some of the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 yell for joy?
(a) Pie.
(b) It begins to rain.
(c) The sun comes out.
(d) The war is cancelled.

2. Who has information about the history of the word "Shiloh?"
(a) Grant.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Treadway.

3. Who assures Walter's commander that there are no Confederates nearer than Corinth?
(a) Sidney.
(b) Johnston.
(c) Grant.
(d) Sherman.

4. Whose horse sinks when Luther's troop goes through the swamp?
(a) Palmer's.
(b) Cleburn's.
(c) Luther's.
(d) Sherman's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rides by, impressing Luther as always with his bearing and appearance?

2. How was Grant reinstated into the army?

3. What does Luther think about the men he sees lying on the ground?

4. What was Grant's family business?

5. What makes the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 begin to question whether their guns work?

(see the answer key)

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