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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. How was Grant reinstated into the army?
(a) He paid a bribe to get it.
(b) He made a campaign contribution to get it.
(c) He had to reapply and start over.
(d) A politician demanded reinstatement.

2. What does Luther find after his hand to hand combat?
(a) A gun.
(b) A bayonet.
(c) A knife.
(d) A ring.

3. What is Luther's home state?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Florida.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Missouri.

4. What is Walter's impression of the Confederate territories as he travels through them?
(a) He wants to move there when the war ends.
(b) They can be improved with Union funds.
(c) They are not worth fighting for.
(d) They are lush, fertile territories.

5. To which regiment does Walter Fountain belong?
(a) 32nd Alabama.
(b) 53rd Ohio.
(c) 35th New Orleans.
(d) 23rd Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Luther and the other soldiers take from the Union tents as they rush past?

2. What kind of dog is with Walter?

3. What, according to Walter, was Grant's nickname in their hometown?

4. How does Palmer learn so much about Johnston?

5. How do the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 test their guns?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the letter he is writing, how does Walter say his troop arrived at Shiloh and what problem did they face?

3. How do Luther and fellow troop members treat the ones who are lying on the ground?

4. What information about General Grant does Walter provide? What makes Walter a credible source?

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

6. Why do some troops hear different versions of the letter from Johnston as they march to battle?

7. What does Luther initially think about fellow troop members lying on the ground? What does he come to realize?

8. Discuss Palmer's mother and father.

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

10. What is a skirmish? How is it different from a battle?

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