1. What were the relationships between Southerners—both white and black— and Yankee soldiers during 1865? How did the end of the war affect the relationships between Yankees and Southerners? Give examples to support your answer.
2. How did the different backgrounds of John, Cornelia, Lou, and Samuel affect their abilities to adjust to the end of the war? How did the end of the war affect their daily lives? Explain, making sure to support your answer with evidence from the text.
3. What hardships did both black and white Southerners face in the last months of the war and the first months of the post-war era in the South? What hardships were unique to people because of their race, sex, age, or region? Explain, making sure to give evidence from the text to support your answers.