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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 does Luther's troop find past the Union tents?
(a) The river.
(b) The cook's wagon.
(c) Union soldiers lined up shoulder to shoulder.
(d) A dog.

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

3. How old is Palmer when the book begins?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

4. What makes some of the Confederate soldiers in Chapter 1 yell for joy?
(a) The sun comes out.
(b) Pie.
(c) It begins to rain.
(d) The war is cancelled.

5. How does Luther kill the Union soldier in hand to hand combat?
(a) Stabbing his groin.
(b) Stabbing his head.
(c) Stabbing his heart.
(d) Stabbing his stomach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes a letter for Confederate commanders to read to their troops as they march toward battle in Chapter 1?

2. What kind of dog is with Walter?

3. Who describes the condition of the Confederate soldiers as they march in the beginning of the novel?

4. What is Burt Tapley's ailment?

5. How long has Walter been gone from home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the challenges of the swamp Luther and his troop face? What happens to General Cleburn?

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

4. How does General Grant go from being called "Useless" Grant to becoming a general in the war?

5. Discuss Palmer's mother and father.

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

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

8. What issue does Palmer see with the Waterloo-based strategy?

9. How do the other Confederate commanders feel about Johnston's recommendation to pull out and why?

10. Describe Luther's dream the night before battle.

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