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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the lieutenant hold his hand away from his body?
(a) so the men will turn left
(b) so he can grab his pistol quickly
(c) so everyone can see his wound
(d) so the blood wouldn't drip on his pants

2. Running down the road, what is Henry trying to do?
(a) to load his rifle
(b) to keep his head down
(c) to find out what is happening
(d) to keep up with the other men

3. How does Henry begin to feel about the battle he had been in?
(a) that he had not understood the danger
(b) that it had all been a dream
(c) that it was far more dnagerous than what he ran from
(d) that it was only a minor incident

4. What follows the men returning from the battlefield?
(a) horses that have lost their riders
(b) stray dogs afraid of the noise
(c) catcalls and bullets whizzing by their heads
(d) military ambulance wagons

5. What does Henry see that is his first encounter with the reality of war?
(a) the body of a dead soldier
(b) destroyed fields
(c) an abandoned canon
(d) wounded soldiers coming back the other way

Short Answer Questions

1. After walking around all morning, where does the regiment go?

2. What are all the men doing after the battle?

3. What does Henry's mother do for him before he leaves?

4. Why has Henry delayed so many times from enlisting in the army?

5. What does one young man of the battalion do at the first volley?

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