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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hardtack is similar to what?
(a) Spam or ham.
(b) Cereal.
(c) A dried biscuit or cracker.
(d) Cookies.

2. What do the Confederate soldiers do when they see the Union Army?
(a) They just stand there.
(b) They fire their guns.
(c) They turn around and run away.
(d) They stop and play cards.

3. What does Charley suddenly realize in the middle of the battle?
(a) That he has been shot.
(b) That he has shot and killed a Union soldier.
(c) That he has shot and killed a Confederate soldier.
(d) That he has shot and killed a horse.

4. Charley sleeps where in an abandoned farmhouse?
(a) Near the back door.
(b) In the hayloft.
(c) With the horses.
(d) In a soft feather bed.

5. What does Colonel Ayers says will happen to anyone who runs away during battle?
(a) He will be given a ticket home.
(b) He will be given a fair trial and then hung.
(c) He will immediately be shot.
(d) He will be hung, but not for a few years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charley plan to do with some of the money he earns in the Union Army?

2. Charley tells Con that Michael has threatened to send him where?

3. What year is the novel set in?

4. What is Charley's biggest goal in joining the regiment?

5. Charley is thrilled to be assigned to what regiment?

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