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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. What is Charley's biggest goal in joining the regiment?
(a) To see new places.
(b) To act heroically like Johnny, and avenge Johnny's death.
(c) To make new friends.
(d) To earn a lot of money.

2. At the end of the boat trip, an officer tells Charlie that he can be what?
(a) A captain.
(b) A member of the ROTC.
(c) A soldier.
(d) The regiment's new drummer boy.

3. Why does Charley think he knows how to fire a gun in battle?
(a) Because Doreen taught him.
(b) Because Johnny taught him.
(c) Because he has watched Michael do it.
(d) Because he has fired toy guns in the arcade in New York.

4. Who is the second soldier that Charley meets on board?
(a) Purcy Murray.
(b) Austin Stephens.
(c) Travis Brown.
(d) Jem Miller.

5. Why did Jem reenlist in the army?
(a) Because he is not married.
(b) Because he was bored at home.
(c) Because he is patriotic.
(d) For the bonus money.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Silas Gorman?

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

5. When the Charley and the Union soldiers run after the Confederate soldiers, they run into what?

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