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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Confederate office urges Charley to run away in what direction?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) East.

3. Charley is almost sent to which prisoner of war camp?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Andersonville.

4. Who is the wounded solder that Charley sees in the battle?
(a) Silas Gorman.
(b) Con Sullivan.
(c) General Grant.
(d) General Lee.

5. On the train to the regiment, the men tease Charley. How old do they guess he is?
(a) 12 years old.
(b) 16 years old.
(c) 9 or 10 years old.
(d) 5 years old.

6. What does Silas Gorman want to do?
(a) Stay a drummer boy forever.
(b) Become a soldier now that he has turned 16 and is old enough.
(c) Go home to Pennsylvania now that he has turned 16.
(d) Go to Philadelphia since he is only 15.

7. Charley tells Con that Michael has threatened to send him where?
(a) To an orphanage.
(b) Home to bed.
(c) To the library.
(d) To the swimming pool.

8. What other duties does Charley handle?
(a) None -- he has no duties.
(b) Running errands, fetching groceries, washing dishes.
(c) Running errands, helping with maps, carrying water.
(d) Washing dishes, peeling potatoes, polishing shoes.

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

10. What does Charley do in the middle of the battle?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He steals a horse.
(c) He stays rooted in place until the battle is over.
(d) He flies away.

11. What insulting nickname does Con shout at Charley?
(a) Charley Quinn.
(b) Charley Tunafish.
(c) Prince Charles.
(d) Charley Skedaddle.

12. Who is Noreen?
(a) Charley's mother.
(b) Charley's aunt.
(c) Charley's sister.
(d) Charley's girlfriend.

13. Who is Silas Gorman?
(a) Johnny's best friend.
(b) Jem's best friend.
(c) The current drummer boy, who will train Charley.
(d) Charley's replacement as a drummer boy.

14. Who is Michael Demarest?
(a) Charley's best friend.
(b) Noreen's brother.
(c) Noreen's father.
(d) Noreen's fiance.

15. What does Jem say when Charley asks if drummers ever get shot?
(a) That they are supposed to be shot.
(b) That there is no shooting in a battle.
(c) That in the heat of battle, they sometimes are shot by accident.
(d) Jem refuses to answer the question.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to a drummer who is late?

2. Con says the only reason he returned Johnny's watch was why?

3. Where does Charley see the first Confederate soldier in the battle?

4. Silas Gorman says that Charlie has learned as much in two months as Silas learned in how long?

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

(see the answer keys)

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