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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. After getting off the boat, how does Charley get to headquarters?
(a) On a bus.
(b) On a helicopter.
(c) On a train.
(d) On another boat.

2. The Bowery Boys take their name from what?
(a) The song "Bowery Boys."
(b) The poem "Bowery Boys."
(c) The Bowery area of New York City.
(d) The Bronx area of New York City.

3. On the way home, Charley gets into a fight with a member of what rival gang?
(a) The Bowery Boys.
(b) The Latin Kings.
(c) The Dead Rabbits.
(d) The Crips.

4. What is Charley's last name?
(a) Quinn
(b) O'Toole.
(c) Madison.
(d) Sullivan.

5. Con abandons Charley to do what on board the ship?
(a) Smoke and dance.
(b) Write letters home.
(c) Drink and gamble.
(d) Read and write.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname for a New York police officer in the novel?

2. On the train to the regiment, the men tease Charley. How old do they guess he is?

3. What two Union generals are rumored to be at the Culpepper headquarters?

4. What gang was Charley's brother Johnny a member of before he joined the army?

5. At the end of the boat trip, an officer tells Charlie that he can be what?

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