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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the rank of Otto's commander?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) General.
(d) Captain.

2. What is Keller's rank?
(a) Captain.
(b) General.
(c) Colonel.
(d) Corporal.

3. Who is the unit commander of the 23rd Indiana?
(a) Walter Fountain.
(b) Wallace Fountain.
(c) Lew Wallace.
(d) Harvey Kellums.

4. Why isn't the Shiloh area meant for a mounted cavalry attack?
(a) It is too flat.
(b) It is too muddy.
(c) It has too many ravines and trees.
(d) It is too hilly.

5. What, to Lavery, is "pretty?"
(a) A nice meal.
(b) Confederate girls.
(c) A skirmish in the Union's favor.
(d) A Union girl.

6. Who does Keller cuss?
(a) The soldiers who get shot.
(b) The soldiers who cannot run.
(c) The soldiers who are lost.
(d) The soldiers that are fleeing.

7. Who is called a coward in Chapter 4?
(a) Bango.
(b) Grant.
(c) Walter.
(d) Otto.

8. Who grew up in an orphanage?
(a) Diffenburg.
(b) Lavery.
(c) Robert.
(d) Grissom.

9. What does Jefferson do when he gets kicked out of school?
(a) Travels and tries several new jobs.
(b) Joins the army right away.
(c) Starts a business.
(d) Goes straight home.

10. Who describes the burial of Confederate soldiers?
(a) Grissom.
(b) Diffenbuch.
(c) Pettigrew.
(d) Robert.

11. Who says he prays God will forgive Lavery for his "pretty" remark?
(a) Grissom.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Pettigrew.
(d) Diffenbuch.

12. Where does Jefferson get the item that he wears when he takes the others to see the new recruits?
(a) From a dead Union soldier.
(b) It was a gift from his father.
(c) It was donated by a stranger.
(d) From a dead Confederate soldier.

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

14. Who is Otto's commander?
(a) Buterbaugh.
(b) Sidney.
(c) Walter.
(d) Johnston.

15. Whose brother swears in Jefferson?
(a) Palmer's.
(b) Walter's.
(c) Otto's.
(d) Forrest's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the 23rd Indiana offers a bit of optimism about the weather?

2. How many new recruits does Jefferson report seeing?

3. What word does Otto initially use to explain his lack of confidence?

4. Where are members of the 23rd Indiana camped?

5. Who does Otto learn was with Walter when he was blown up by a cannon?

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