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

2. On the train to the regiment, what does one man suggest they do with Charley?
(a) Make him a junior officer.
(b) Give him a hot air balloon.
(c) Send him home to grow.
(d) Teach him a lesson.

3. What war does Charley find himself swept into?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The French and Indian War.

4. What is the nickname for a New York police officer in the novel?
(a) A Metro Man.
(b) A Metropolitan.
(c) A blue suit.
(d) A goon.

5. Con says the only reason he returned Johnny's watch was why?
(a) To meet Johnny's pretty sister, and because Con already had a watch.
(b) To be a hero.
(c) Because he was bored.
(d) To win friends and influence people.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the way home, Charley gets into a fight with a member of what rival gang?

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

3. Where does the train stop to let most of the soldiers out?

4. What does "fall in" mean?

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

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