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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two Union generals are rumored to be at the Culpepper headquarters?
(a) General Grant and General Meade.
(b) General Grant and General Jackson.
(c) General Meade and General Ale.
(d) General Grant and General Jones.

2. Who is Silas Gorman?
(a) The current drummer boy, who will train Charley.
(b) Johnny's best friend.
(c) Charley's replacement as a drummer boy.
(d) Jem's best friend.

3. Before the shooting starts, what does Charlie plan to do in his first battle?
(a) Keep drumming and nothing else.
(b) Hide in the bushes.
(c) Grab someone else's rifle and fight heroically, like Johnny.
(d) Burst out crying and get sent home.

4. What is Noreen's business?
(a) She sews dresses for women.
(b) She decorates hats for women.
(c) She bakes bread.
(d) She designs suits for men.

5. On the train to the regiment, the men tease Charley. How old do they guess he is?
(a) 16 years old.
(b) 5 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 9 or 10 years old.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Johnny die?

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

4. Who is the second soldier that Charley meets on board?

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

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