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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were Confederate soldiers buried by the Union?
(a) They were cremated.
(b) In mass graves.
(c) They were not buried at all.
(d) They were draped with branches.

2. How many squad members are represented as narrators in Chapter 6?
(a) 18.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

3. What are Pettigrew's last words?
(a) "God, forgive me."
(b) Tell my father."
(c) "God, forgive Lavery."
(d) "Tell my wife."

4. Why aren't members of the 23rd Indiana close?
(a) They have religious differences.
(b) They attended rival schools before the army.
(c) All of them want to be heroes.
(d) None of them want to be in the army.

5. According to Otto, what do some Union soldiers do as their attacks make little difference on the Confederates?
(a) Work harder.
(b) Load faster.
(c) Scream for help.
(d) Walk or run away.

6. Who, according to his recollection, gave Otto a gift when he joined the army?
(a) His youngest brother.
(b) His oldest brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

7. Where was the orphanage located that one of the men from Chapter 6 once lived?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) New England.
(c) New York.
(d) South Carolina.

8. Why is a higher ranking officer needed after Jefferson points out the arrival of new recruits?
(a) To find a good hiding place.
(b) To devise a battle strategy.
(c) A high ranking officer can officially pull the troops out.
(d) To order more reinforcements.

9. Which member of the 23rd Indiana is dissatisfied and plans to ask to transfer from that squad?
(a) Lavery.
(b) Armory.
(c) Pettigrew.
(d) Grissom.

10. Who asks Jefferson where he can find a doctor?
(a) Otto.
(b) Palmer.
(c) Luther.
(d) Forrest.

11. Who sees Pettigrew die?
(a) Luther.
(b) Lavery.
(c) Grissom.
(d) Diffenbuch.

12. What is Jefferson's military job?
(a) Scout.
(b) Reporter.
(c) Strategist.
(d) Photographer.

13. To whom had the gift given to Otto when he joined the army previously belonged?
(a) Otto's grandfather.
(b) Otto's mother.
(c) Otto's father.
(d) Otto's uncle.

14. With which regiment does Otto serve?
(a) 23rd Ohio.
(b) 1st Minnesota Battery.
(c) 63rd Mississippi.
(d) 63rd Kansas.

15. Who in the 23rd Indiana offers a bit of optimism about the weather?
(a) Klein.
(b) Grissom.
(c) Lavery.
(d) Bonner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the infantry soldiers refer to the cannon detail, according to Otto?

2. Whose brother swears in Jefferson?

3. What does Jefferson wear when he takes the others to see the new recruits?

4. How does Jefferson feel about his military job?

5. What is Otto's rank?

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