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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. Who halts his troops while a Confederate officer rides his way under a white flag?
(a) Chamberlain.
(b) Ord.
(c) Grant.
(d) Lee.

2. Who has taken and holds control of the Shenandoah Valley, allowing Lee's army to move westward into the Valley?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Meade.
(c) Early.
(d) Sheridan.

3. Who comes up with a bold plan that must be carried out flawlessly for Lee?
(a) Pickett.
(b) Meade.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Sorrel.

4. Who does Lee admire as the irst President of the United States?
(a) Clay.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Grant.
(d) Washington.

5. What goes nowhere ecause Lincoln wants to preserve the Union?
(a) Victory announcement.
(b) Sharing of war spoils.
(c) Peace negotiations.
(d) Division of land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the surrender ceremony full of?

2. What is the real name of Mark Twain?

3. What is Mark Twain's profession that introduces him to former Civil War generals?

4. The victory at Cold Harbor for the Confederates was the result of a ________________.

5. What does Grant enjoy eating with his soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the battle at Fort Stedman begin initially by accident?

2. What does Lee fear about central leadership proposed in a message from Richmond?

3. How is Lee's desperation evident at Christmas?

4. How does Grant recognize Lee's hopeless situation after Lee's troops fail to burn the bridges?

5. How does access to water offer an advantage to Grant over Lee?

6. How do Confederate troops show their obedience to Gordon in the surrender ceremony?

7. How does Grant succeed monetarily through his memoirs?

8. How does Shaara powerfully convey the death of Hill, one of Lee's leaders through a third-person point of view of an unknown officier?

9. Why is Lee worried about shifting command to Beauregard?

10. How does the crater become a death trap for the Federal soldiers?

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