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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. On the ship, Charley notices that Con has what item that belonged to someone else?
(a) Doreen's scissors.
(b) Johnny's knife.
(c) Jem's watch.
(d) Charley's shoes.

2. Who is Noreen?
(a) Charley's girlfriend.
(b) Charley's sister.
(c) Charley's mother.
(d) Charley's aunt.

3. What does Silas Gorman want to do?
(a) Go home to Pennsylvania now that he has turned 16.
(b) Become a soldier now that he has turned 16 and is old enough.
(c) Stay a drummer boy forever.
(d) Go to Philadelphia since he is only 15.

4. Charley tells Con that Michael has threatened to send him where?
(a) To the library.
(b) To an orphanage.
(c) To the swimming pool.
(d) Home to bed.

5. What is the name of Granny's mule?
(a) Charley.
(b) Hancock.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Canaan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Con abandons Charley to do what on board the ship?

2. What does "fall in" mean?

3. What does Charley do in the middle of the battle?

4. What does Jem say when Charley asks if drummers ever get shot?

5. Which army was Charley in?

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