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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On board the ship, Charley learns that you must be how old to be a soldier?
(a) 9.
(b) 25.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

2. While practicing the drums, Silas Gorman says they will return to camp if what happens?
(a) If the Indians start to arrive.
(b) If they hear the ocean waves.
(c) If the Confederate soldiers hear them.
(d) If they find a skull.

3. After the battle, Charley is what?
(a) Unchanged.
(b) A deserter.
(c) A new man.
(d) A Confederate soldier.

4. What gang was Charley's brother Johnny a member of before he joined the army?
(a) The Dead Rabbits.
(b) The Bowery Boys.
(c) The Bronx Lads.
(d) The Latin Kings.

5. According to Silas Gorman, do drummer boys ever fight?
(a) No, drummer boys are only in songs.
(b) Yes, that is their main job.
(c) They aren't supposed to and don't have guns.
(d) There are no drummer boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the headquarters of the 140th regiment?

2. Silas Gorman says that Charlie has learned as much in two months as Silas learned in how long?

3. Who is camped near the site where Silas Gorman and Charley practice the drums?

4. Con tells Charley that he can become what?

5. Who is Silas Gorman?

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