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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 fired toy guns in the arcade in New York.
(d) Because he has watched Michael do it.

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

3. Why does Con refuse to pay Charley's boat fare home?
(a) Because he is seasick.
(b) Because he likes Charley too much.
(c) Because it is Tuesday.
(d) Because he has lost all his money gambling.

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Con?
(a) A truck driver.
(b) A friend of Johnny's and fellow soldier.
(c) Charley's father.
(d) Noreen's fiance.

9. How much will Charley earn?
(a) $13 per month.
(b) $77 per month.
(c) $4 per month.
(d) $100 per month.

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

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

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

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

14. Con abandons Charley to do what on board the ship?
(a) Drink and gamble.
(b) Write letters home.
(c) Smoke and dance.
(d) Read and write.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Talking to Jem before the battle, Charley says that deserters are nothing but what?

2. What does Charley plan to do with some of the money he earns in the Union Army?

3. Who is Michael Demarest?

4. What does Charley do with the rifle?

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

(see the answer keys)

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