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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Jefferson, what weapon does Forrest use a great deal in battle?
(a) A bayonet.
(b) A carving knife.
(c) A sword.
(d) A rifle.

2. What word does Otto initially use to explain his lack of confidence?
(a) Fear.
(b) Unreligious.
(c) Demoralize.
(d) Scared.

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

4. Who is wounded from the 23rd Indiana as the squad retreats in Chapter 6?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Forrest.
(c) Lavery.
(d) Grissom.

5. 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.

6. How many new recruits does Jefferson report seeing?
(a) At least 10,000.
(b) At least 8,000.
(c) At least 6,000.
(d) At least 12,000.

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

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

9. Who leads the cavalry attack in Jefferson's recount?
(a) Forrest.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Lee.
(d) Johnston.

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

11. Why does Jefferson join the army?
(a) For the sizeable pension.
(b) To delay seeing his father.
(c) For the uniform.
(d) For tuition benefits.

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

13. According to Jefferson, in what battle was Forrest wounded?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) Fallen Timbers.
(d) Pittsburgh Landing.

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

15. Who says that Otto and the other men have simply lost their confidence?
(a) Grant.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Keller.
(d) Buterbaugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were Confederate soldiers buried by the Union?

2. Who is Otto's commander?

3. Who, according to his recollection, gave Otto a gift when he joined the army?

4. Who survives the cannon attack that killed Walter and is with Otto and others in Chapter 4?

5. To whom had the gift given to Otto when he joined the army previously belonged?

(see the answer keys)

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