Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When the Rebels charge them again, how does Henry now feel?
(a) indifferent
(b) confident
(c) alarmed
(d) afraid again
2. What conversation do the men have about the officer who called them mule drivers?
(a) What they would do to him if they got the chance.
(b) How he ever got to be an officer.
(c) What a stupid man he is.
(d) How if they are the drivers, he is the mule.
3. After getting his wound treated, what does Henry do?
(a) tries to get some sleep
(b) talks to a man by the fire
(c) sits and stares into the fire
(d) begs for food and drink
4. How do the men react to the approach of the Rebel forces?
(a) mostly standing still as though tied to stakes
(b) quaking in their boots
(c) darting around to be more difficult targets
(d) looking around for ways of escape
5. What effect does the report of the lieutenant's chastisement have on the troops?
(a) makes them resolved to do better next time
(b) lowers their morale
(c) raises their hopes
(d) makes them laugh
6. What happens that begins to wear on the men's nerves?
(a) hours of dead silence from the Rebels
(b) continuing rifle fire with no let up
(c) rain that fills the trenches with water
(d) catcalls and Rebel yells
7. Who does Henry spot as he approaches his regiment?
(a) conklin
(b) Wilson
(c) the sergeant
(d) the lieutenant
8. What does his friend do to try and help Henry?
(a) spoon feed him
(b) check his bandage
(c) help him stand
(d) locate a rifle
9. When the orders come, where is Henry's regiment gong?
(a) to relieve another regiment in the trenches
(b) to circle around behind the Rebel army
(c) to join other regiments about to charge the Rebels
(d) back to base for more training
10. What does Henry imagine himself doing sometime in the future?
(a) lecturing young men on going to war
(b) training young soldiers in rifle shooting
(c) telling his stories by candlelight in a parlor
(d) writing a book about his adventures
11. What does Henry recall while waiting for marching orders?
(a) the yellow envelope
(b) the dead soldier
(c) the corpses in the field
(d) Jim Conklin's death
12. How does Henry rationalize his railing at nature while he was on the run?
(a) Hunger made him irrational.
(b) He had been confused and disoriented.
(c) He didn't really mean it.
(d) The doomed and the damned are allowed to do it.
13. As the Rebels bear down on them, how does Henry feel?
(a) like a charging bull
(b) like a fly on a tree
(c) like a hunted animal
(d) like a man with a purpose
14. What is Henry's dark thought about the enemy?
(a) to see their families weep over their bodies
(b) to see them swallowed up by the earth
(c) to see their faces contorted in fear
(d) to see them run in terror
15. What begins happening all around Henry?
(a) blue uniformed men are falling to the ground
(b) troops advancing from the rear
(c) grass fires starting
(d) bullets whizzing by his ears
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Henry's resolve during the battle?
2. What happens when the shooting starts?
3. Why do some of the men move back frantically?
4. What starts the battle in the forest?
5. Why must they charge the Rebels?
This section contains 593 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |