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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 begin to question whether their guns work?
(a) The rain.
(b) Their own inability.
(c) Their swords have fallen apart.
(d) Their lack of confidence.

2. What is the word that is unfinished in the letter in Chapter 2?
(a) Friend.
(b) Love.
(c) Soon.
(d) Home.

3. What animal do some of the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 see and shoot at during their march?
(a) A bear.
(b) A deer.
(c) A dog.
(d) A raccoon.

4. What makes it impossible for Luther's troop to stay in formation?
(a) It's raining too hard to see.
(b) Briars and underbrush.
(c) It's too dark to see.
(d) Confusion.

5. According to Walter, who has always had a soft spot for animals?
(a) Palmer.
(b) Grant.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Bango.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dog with Walter?

2. According to the letter read to Confederate troops in Chapter 1, who is depending on the soldiers?

3. What Union noise does Johnston hear in Chapter 1?

4. What two words does Luther use to describe the war?

5. What finally cheers the Confederate soldiers on their march in the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the Confederate strategy that is based on Waterloo.

2. What does Sherman do with the information provided to him by Colonel Appler?

3. Why, according to Walter, do the soldiers in his troop want to fight at Shiloh?

4. What event does Luther describe as "unreligious" and "obscene?"

5. What Union leader does Palmer know and how does he know him?

6. What is Colonel Appler's main flaw? How does it affect his reputation?

7. How does Walter learn the meaning of Shiloh? Discuss the meaning of the word.

8. Describe General Johnston's death, as witnessed by Luther.

9. Discuss the dream Palmer has the night before the major battle.

10. Describe Luther's first hand-to-hand combat.

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