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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Charley at the beginning of the story?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 5.

2. What street is Noreen's apartment on?
(a) Fifth Avenue.
(b) Wall Street.
(c) Crystie Street.
(d) Main Street.

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

4. On the ship, Charley notices that Con has what item that belonged to someone else?
(a) Doreen's scissors.
(b) Johnny's knife.
(c) Charley's shoes.
(d) Jem's watch.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Why did Con reenlist in the army?
(a) Because he is patriotic.
(b) Because he is heroic.
(c) For fun.
(d) For the bonus money.

12. How much do soldiers in the Union Army earn?
(a) $77 per month.
(b) $13 per month.
(c) $100 per month.
(d) $4 per month.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Astride the horse, Charley falls asleep and dreams that he and Johnny are what?

2. What insulting nickname does Con shout at Charley?

3. How did Johnny die?

4. Who is Michael Demarest?

5. At the end of the boat trip, an officer tells Charlie that he can be what?

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