Read Mary Chesnut's Civil War and use it to answer the question.
Excerpt from Mary Chestnut's Civil War
Mary Chestnut
This excerpt took place on the night the Confederate forces captured Fort Sumter. Mary is at home, and her family supports the south.
April 12, 1861. I do not pretend to go to sleep. How can I? If Anderson does not accept terms--at four--the orders are--he shall be fired upon.
I count four--St. Michael chimes, I begin to hope. At half-past four, the heavy booming of a cannon.
I sprang out of bed. And on my knees--prostrate--I prayed as I never prayed before.
There was a sound of stir all over the house--pattering of feet in the corridor--all seemed hurrying one way. I put on my double gown and a shawl and went, too. It was to the housetop.
The shells were bursting. In the dark I heard a man say "waste of ammunition."
I knew my husband was rowing about in a boat somewhere in that dark bay. And that the shells were roofing it over--bursting toward the fort. If Anderson was obstinate--he was to order the forts on our side to open fire. Certainly fire had begun. The regular roar of the cannon--there it was. And who could tell what each volley accomplished of death and destruction.
The women were wild, there on the housetop. Prayers from the women and imprecations from the men, and then a shell would light up the scene. Tonight, they say, the forces are to attempt to land.
Do you know, after all that noise and our tears and prayers, nobody has been hurt.
How is this story different from a fictional story?
Question 4 options:
The attack of Fort Sumter never happened.
Mary is imagining the attack.
Mary is not a real person.
Mary is witnessing the attack.