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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is the novel set in?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1999.

2. On the train to the regiment, what does one man suggest they do with Charley?
(a) Send him home to grow.
(b) Make him a junior officer.
(c) Teach him a lesson.
(d) Give him a hot air balloon.

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

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

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

6. 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 his mother.
(c) Send it to Michael Demarest.
(d) Send it to Noreen.

7. Who does Charley meet again on the train?
(a) Silas Gorman.
(b) Con Sullivan.
(c) Jem Miller.
(d) General Grant.

8. What is Noreen's business?
(a) She decorates hats for women.
(b) She bakes bread.
(c) She sews dresses for women.
(d) She designs suits for men.

9. Jem has been promoted to what rank?
(a) Ensign.
(b) Captain.
(c) Corporal.
(d) Admiral.

10. In his letter, Charley tells Noreen what?
(a) To worry about Con.
(b) To worry about him.
(c) Not to worry about him.
(d) To worry about Johnny.

11. What happens to Charley's drum in the fighting?
(a) It is lost in the waves.
(b) It is stepped on by a horse.
(c) It is scratched but not harmed.
(d) It is destroyed by a bullet.

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

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

14. What does Charley do that first evening?
(a) Buys his girlfriend an ice cream cone.
(b) Takes the subway to a ballpark.
(c) Slips out and goes to the library.
(d) Sneaks out and sees soldiers on parade.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. After he joins the Union Army, what does Charley want more than anything?

4. What has Jem done with the money he had?

5. What does Con say about his treatment of Charley?

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