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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. When the orders come, where is Henry's regiment gong?
(a) to circle around behind the Rebel army
(b) back to base for more training
(c) to relieve another regiment in the trenches
(d) to join other regiments about to charge the Rebels

2. How does most of the regiment react to the news of their charge against the enemy?
(a) objecting loudly
(b) ralllying with anticipation
(c) with disbelief
(d) indifferently

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

4. How does Henry rationalize his railing at nature while he was on the run?
(a) The doomed and the damned are allowed to do it.
(b) He didn't really mean it.
(c) He had been confused and disoriented.
(d) Hunger made him irrational.

5. Why is Henry only watching the action in this latest battle?
(a) His head wound is bothering him.
(b) He is paralyzed by fear.
(c) He is still carrying the flag.
(d) He has lost his weapon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henry's resolve during the battle?

2. What are the men doing in the forest as Henry nears his regiment?

3. When the Rebels charge them again, how does Henry now feel?

4. As he comes closer to the enemy, what does Henry realize is a great opportunity?

5. What does Henry learn about other men in his regiment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry find extra strength and courage during the charge?

2. During the next wave of battle, describe Henry's actions.

3. How is Henry saved from having to tell a made-up story about his wound and separation from the group?

4. What does this battle prove about the regiment?

5. Explain why Henry and his friend went to find a stream.

6. Tell what Henry and his friend overheard on the way back from the fruitless search for water.

7. What does Henry observe as weariness comes over his comrades?

8. How has Wilson changed since the first days of military camp?

9. Where does Henry's regiment go and why?

10. After the charge, when they realized they were safe, how do some of the men return to their own lines?

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