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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. Talking to Jem before the battle, Charley says that deserters are nothing but what?
(a) Cowards.
(b) Brave men.
(c) Seasick.
(d) Reasonable.

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

3. Charley is thrilled to be assigned to what regiment?
(a) The 101st Airborne.
(b) The 222nd -- Con's regiment.
(c) The 140th -- Johnny's old regiment.
(d) The 22nd regiment.

4. What does Charley plan to do with some of the money he earns in the Union Army?
(a) Send it to Noreen.
(b) Send it to Michael Demarest.
(c) Send it to Granny Bent.
(d) Send it to his mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Charley suddenly realize in the middle of the battle?

3. How old is Charley at the beginning of the story?

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

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

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