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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the men doing in the forest as Henry nears his regiment?
(a) looking for something to eat
(b) getting ready to sleep
(c) digging holes in the ground
(d) walking in circles

2. What does Henry hear in the early morning?
(a) crickets chirping
(b) bugles in many camps
(c) thunder in the distance
(d) birds singing in the trees

3. What does Wilson help Henry do?
(a) locate a place to sleep
(b) get something to eat
(c) find another rifle
(d) get treatment for his head injury

4. What does the regiment know of the military machinery behind their orders to charge the Rebels?
(a) exactly what the final plan is
(b) nothing
(c) all the details
(d) only when they will be relieved

5. Who is the friend that Henry notices has changed since he last saw him?
(a) the joking soldier
(b) the singing soldier
(c) the tall soldier
(d) the loud soldier

6. What angers Henry this time as the battle begins?
(a) that the insects keep buzzing around
(b) that he does not have enough ammunition
(c) that the generals have not planned well
(d) that he had had no time to recuperate

7. What does Henry see on the faces of sleeping soldiers?
(a) relief
(b) weariness
(c) anguish
(d) fear

8. Who does Henry hope to impress one day?
(a) his mother and her pastor
(b) the students at his old school
(c) the people who live around his farm
(d) his mother and the dark haired girl

9. What is Henry's act of bravery?
(a) He moves ahead with the flag and urges the men to follow.
(b) He manages to carry the flag and shoot at the same time.
(c) He defies the orders of the colonel.
(d) He lets out a yell and charges the Rebels alone.

10. After the charge, how do the men know they are safe?
(a) The battle noises are now far away.
(b) The birds return to the trees.
(c) Scouts report that the Rebels have retreated.
(d) They are ordered to return to the battalion.

11. Where does Henry take refuge?
(a) in a cave
(b) behind a dead soldier
(c) under a wagon
(d) behind a small tree

12. After Henry plants the flag in the ground, what happens?
(a) The Rebel charge comes near enough for Henry to look them in the eye.
(b) The regiment loses heart and waits to die.
(c) Henry is shot but he refuses to fall.
(d) The regiment is uplifted by the sight of the flag and charges ahead.

13. What starts the battle in the forest?
(a) a canon blast
(b) a single gunshot
(c) an order from the lieutenant
(d) a Rebel yell

14. Who do Henry and his friend tell what they have overheard?
(a) their sergeant
(b) the medics
(c) their lieutenant
(d) their other friends in the regiment

15. Who is the officer who chastises the lieutenant?
(a) the one who carrys the battalion flag
(b) the one who advises the general
(c) the one who called them mule drivers
(d) the one who lost his horse

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry feel about the enemy?

2. What happens that begins to wear on the men's nerves?

3. How does most of the regiment react to the news of their charge against the enemy?

4. What other secret do Henry and his friend share?

5. What does Henry surmise as the men swarm toward where he is?

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