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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which army was Charley in?
(a) The Army Corps of Engineers.
(b) The Confederate Army.
(c) The Union Army.
(d) The Salvation Army.

6. In Chapter 7, what does Charley do after he finds a place to hide?
(a) He shoots more soldiers.
(b) He cries.
(c) He goes fishing.
(d) He shouts.

7. The drummer boy's primary duty is what?
(a) To send signals to the soldiers by beating his drum.
(b) To send signals to the soldiers by telegraph.
(c) Nothing, there are no drummer boys in the Union army.
(d) Nothing, drummer boys don't have duties.

8. What happens to a drummer who is late?
(a) He faces a serious punishment.
(b) He gets a cookie.
(c) He has to work on Saturday.
(d) He has to stay after class.

9. Before the shooting starts, what does Charlie plan to do in his first battle?
(a) Burst out crying and get sent home.
(b) Hide in the bushes.
(c) Keep drumming and nothing else.
(d) Grab someone else's rifle and fight heroically, like Johnny.

10. Which countries fought in the Civil War?
(a) The U.S. against Canada.
(b) The U.S. against the U.S.
(c) The U.S. against England.
(d) The U.S. against Mexico.

11. One day, Charley and Silas see which soldier tied to a tree as punishment?
(a) Angus McCreedy.
(b) Jem Miller.
(c) Con Sullivan.
(d) Tom Jefferson.

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

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

14. Who is the drummer boy always supposed to remain close to?
(a) The horses so he can pet them.
(b) The captain who gives the orders.
(c) The cook so he can have dessert.
(d) The soldiers so they can hear him.

15. The Bowery Boys take their name from what?
(a) The Bowery area of New York City.
(b) The Bronx area of New York City.
(c) The poem "Bowery Boys."
(d) The song "Bowery Boys."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the headquarters of the 140th regiment?

2. In his letter, Charley tells Noreen what?

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

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

5. Whose rifle does Charley grab during the battle?

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