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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What two sides fought in the Civil War?
(a) Germany and the U.S.
(b) The Union and the Confederacy, also called the North and the South.
(c) The U.S. and North Korea.
(d) France and Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Marcus?

2. What does Colonel Ayers says will happen to anyone who runs away during battle?

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

4. Why did Jem reenlist in the army?

5. Who finally gives Charley a ride on his horse when the boy is too exhausted to walk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jem tell Con to do on the ship?

2. What does Con recommend that Charley do to become a soldier.

3. In Chapter 6, which soldier shouts at Charley angrily while the soldier is being punished?

4. Which of Charley's friends is killed at Sanders Field, and how?

5. What does Jem Miller warn Charley not to include in his letter to Noreen?

6. How much does Charley earn in the Union Army, and what does he do with the money?

7. Who sneaks Charley onto the soldier's boat?

8. Why is Charley spooked when Silas takes him to practice near shallow Confederate graves?

9. Where do most of the soldiers get off the train?

10. What does Charley do with Jem's gun during the battle?

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