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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nickname for a New York police officer in the novel?
(a) A goon.
(b) A Metro Man.
(c) A Metropolitan.
(d) A blue suit.

2. Who is the second soldier that Charley meets on board?
(a) Travis Brown.
(b) Purcy Murray.
(c) Jem Miller.
(d) Austin Stephens.

3. Who captures Charley in Chapter 8?
(a) A Union soldier.
(b) A Confederate soldier.
(c) A French soldier.
(d) A Russian soldier.

4. Silas Gorman says that Charlie has learned as much in two months as Silas learned in how long?
(a) Six months.
(b) A year.
(c) One month.
(d) Eight months.

5. Con tells Charley that he can become what?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A good student.
(c) A fireman.
(d) A soldier.

6. What war does Charley find himself swept into?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The French and Indian War.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

7. Which army was Charley in?
(a) The Confederate Army.
(b) The Army Corps of Engineers.
(c) The Salvation Army.
(d) The Union Army.

8. Where does the train stop to let most of the soldiers out?
(a) Brandy Station, Virginia.
(b) Williamsburg, Virginia.
(c) Princess Ann, Maryland.
(d) Charlottesville, Virginia.

9. On the long march to battle, Charley becomes what?
(a) Less stressed-out than before.
(b) More relaxed than ever.
(c) Very happy.
(d) Very, very tired.

10. Jem says that other soldiers believe what?
(a) That soldiers never die.
(b) That Union soldiers never die.
(c) That each battle they survive makes it less likely they will die.
(d) That each battle they survive makes it more likely they will die in the next.

11. When the Charley and the Union soldiers run after the Confederate soldiers, they run into what?
(a) A dead end street.
(b) The ocean.
(c) More Union soldiers.
(d) A trap where they are caught in the crossfire.

12. What does Charley do that first evening?
(a) Buys his girlfriend an ice cream cone.
(b) Sneaks out and sees soldiers on parade.
(c) Slips out and goes to the library.
(d) Takes the subway to a ballpark.

13. Whose rifle does Charley grab during the battle?
(a) Johnny's.
(b) Con's.
(c) Jem's.
(d) The captain's.

14. Who is camped near the site where Silas Gorman and Charley practice the drums?
(a) German soldiers.
(b) Confederate soldiers.
(c) Families on vacation.
(d) Indian tribes.

15. The Confederate office urges Charley to run away in what direction?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) North.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Charley's punishment for fighting?

2. What does Jem say when Charley asks if drummers ever get shot?

3. What two Union generals are rumored to be at the Culpepper headquarters?

4. Who finally gives Charley a ride on his horse when the boy is too exhausted to walk?

5. Charley is thrilled to be assigned to what regiment?

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