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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the train to the regiment, the men tease Charley. How old do they guess he is?
(a) 9 or 10 years old.
(b) 5 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 12 years old.

2. On the train to the regiment, what does one man suggest they do with Charley?
(a) Send him home to grow.
(b) Make him a junior officer.
(c) Give him a hot air balloon.
(d) Teach him a lesson.

3. What does Con say about his treatment of Charley?
(a) At least Charley is a captain in the army now.
(b) At least Con is an officer now.
(c) At least Con saved Charley from an orphanage.
(d) At least everyone is together.

4. At the end of the boat trip, an officer tells Charlie that he can be what?
(a) A captain.
(b) The regiment's new drummer boy.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A member of the ROTC.

5. On the way home, Charley gets into a fight with a member of what rival gang?
(a) The Latin Kings.
(b) The Bowery Boys.
(c) The Crips.
(d) The Dead Rabbits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "fall in" mean?

2. What war does Charley find himself swept into?

3. What New York gang does Charley belong to?

4. On board the ship, Charley learns that you must be how old to be a soldier?

5. According to Silas Gorman, do drummer boys ever fight?

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