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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Con say about his treatment of Charley?
(a) At least Charley is a captain in the army now.
(b) At least Con saved Charley from an orphanage.
(c) At least everyone is together.
(d) At least Con is an officer now.

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

3. While practicing the drums, Silas Gorman says they will return to camp if what happens?
(a) If the Indians start to arrive.
(b) If they hear the ocean waves.
(c) If they find a skull.
(d) If the Confederate soldiers hear them.

4. What does Colonel Ayers says will happen to anyone who runs away during battle?
(a) He will immediately be shot.
(b) He will be hung, but not for a few years.
(c) He will be given a ticket home.
(d) He will be given a fair trial and then hung.

5. Jem says that other soldiers believe what?
(a) That Union soldiers never die.
(b) That each battle they survive makes it more likely they will die in the next.
(c) That each battle they survive makes it less likely they will die.
(d) That soldiers never die.

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

7. What New York gang does Charley belong to?
(a) The Bowery Boys.
(b) The Latin Kings.
(c) The Bronx Lads.
(d) The Dead Rabbits.

8. Where does Charley see the first Confederate soldier in the battle?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Staples Center.
(c) Sanders Field.
(d) Soldier Field.

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

10. What does Charley do with the rifle?
(a) Throws it in the river.
(b) Shoots a Confederate soldier.
(c) Throws it at a horse.
(d) Breaks it on the ground.

11. 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.

12. After he joins the Union Army, what does Charley want more than anything?
(a) To be General Grant's assistant.
(b) To go to Georgia.
(c) To be just like Con Sullivan.
(d) To be a hero like his brother Johnny.

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

14. After the battle, Charley is what?
(a) Unchanged.
(b) A Confederate soldier.
(c) A new man.
(d) A deserter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Charley is thrilled to be assigned to what regiment?

2. What insulting nickname does Con shout at Charley?

3. Con tells Charley that he can become what?

4. Who is Silas Gorman?

5. In Chapter 7, what does Charley do after he finds a place to hide?

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