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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near what town does Lee camp out with his nephew, remaining troops, and Longstreet?
(a) Lover's Lane.
(b) Saylor's Creek.
(c) Filo Creek.
(d) Appomattox.

2. Who is captured by Confederate troops but pulls off a ruse?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Chamberlain.

3. Who misses Stuart's leadership of the cavalry?
(a) Meade.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Lee.

4. Who writes his memoirs at a house in the Blue Ridge Mountains?
(a) Grant.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Taylor.
(d) Lee.

5. How far apart are Lee's soldiers fter the failed attempt to implement Gordon's plan?
(a) 6 feet.
(b) 9 feet.
(c) 12 feet.
(d) 10 feet.

6. What do Lee's men begin to abandon, revealing their loss of morale?
(a) Their uniforms.
(b) Their boots.
(c) Their hats.
(d) Their muskets.

7. Who takes Petersburg while the Federal soldiers take Richmond?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Lee.
(d) Grant.

8. Where does Grant want to go to return to his wife and children?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Vermont.

9. Who will lead his division of Black soldiers into the breach made by blowing a hole in the Confederate defense?
(a) Meade.
(b) Ferrero.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Pleasant.

10. What army can be split and defeated if Lee can make a rail line that would take his army southward?
(a) Confederate.
(b) Union.
(c) Anarchist.
(d) Canadian.

11. Who appeals to Davis with an idea to bring in new recruits from Georgia?
(a) Lee.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Meade.
(d) Sorrel.

12. What is Mark Twain's profession that introduces him to former Civil War generals?
(a) Artist.
(b) Marketing agent.
(c) Singer.
(d) Publisher.

13. Who is nominated for a second term as President?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Grant.
(c) Davis.
(d) Lincoln.

14. Who orders his generals to continue the ceasefire until he can complete the surrender with Grant?
(a) Lee.
(b) Ord.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Grant.

15. Who marches to the sea, gaining momentum over Confederates?
(a) Meade.
(b) Markus.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Civil War was about the states' right to _____ from the Union.

2. Who makes a serious mistake at Cold Harbor?

3. How long is the pontoon bridge over the James River that the Federal forces pass over?

4. Who tells Grant that he would have been willing to allow slavery?

5. What does Lee's forces lack, forcing the Confederates into a defensive position?

(see the answer keys)

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