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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Henry meet up with as he walks with the wounded?
(a) the general he saw on a horse
(b) the lieutenant with the wounded hand
(c) Jim, from his regiment
(d) the pipe smoking comrade

2. What warning does Henry's mother give her son?
(a) to be careful what he eats
(b) to stay behind the lines
(c) to watch the company he keeps
(d) to wash behind his ears

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

4. What causes Henry's moment of panic?
(a) He is momentarily blinded by the smoke.
(b) He doesn't remember loading his rifle.
(c) He remembers thinking about running.
(d) He remembers he forgot to pray that morning.

5. As a boy, how had Henry imagined himself ?
(a) as a politician
(b) as a gentleman farmer
(c) as a hero in wars
(d) as a school teacher

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Henry's mother think he could be put to better use than in the army?

2. How does the whole scene appear to Henry?

3. Where is Henry's regiment the morning he expects to be his first battle?

4. What would Henry like to find by looking into the eyes of a corpse?

5. What happens when Henry sees a man in front of him drop his rifle and run away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What motivates Henry to run back the way he had come?

2. Describe Henry as he waits for the advancing Rebel army.

3. What does Henry want to do when he happens upon a general astride a magnificent horse?

4. How would you describe the outcome of this first battle?

5. What is happening all around Henry?

6. How does Henry mentally separate himself from other men?

7. What does Henry decide nature has done with him?

8. Explain how Henry begins to think about death.

9. Define the quandary Henry finds himself in after he has run from the battlefield.

10. What is the reality of the situation during this first battle?

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