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

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

3. What does Con convince Charley to do?
(a) Run away to join the circus.
(b) Go back home.
(c) Join him on a boat with all the other soldiers.
(d) Go to an orphanage.

4. Con tells Charley that he can become what?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A good student.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A fireman.

5. Who is Marcus?
(a) A slave owner who is in the Union Army.
(b) A current slave who takes care of the horses.
(c) A former slave who oversees meal preparations.
(d) The captain of the 140th regiment.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On the train to the regiment, what does one man suggest they do with Charley?

4. How did Johnny die?

5. According to Silas Gorman, do drummer boys ever fight?

(see the answer key)

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