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

2. What has Jem done with the money he had?
(a) Lost it all gambling.
(b) Spent it.
(c) Left it with his wife.
(d) Given it to Charley.

3. Talking to Jem before the battle, Charley says that deserters are nothing but what?
(a) Brave men.
(b) Cowards.
(c) Seasick.
(d) Reasonable.

4. What does Con say about his treatment of Charley?
(a) At least Con saved Charley from an orphanage.
(b) At least Con is an officer now.
(c) At least everyone is together.
(d) At least Charley is a captain in the army now.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Con says the only reason he returned Johnny's watch was why?

2. What does Silas Gorman want to do?

3. Before the battle, Jem tells Charley that some soldiers believe what?

4. How much do soldiers in the Union Army earn?

5. Who is Con?

Short Essay Questions

1. How old is Charley really?

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

3. What does Silas have to do before he can achieve his goal?

4. In Chapter 6, what new clothes is Charley wearing and how does he feel about them?

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

6. Who has Johnny's knife?

7. In Chapter 1, why does Charley fight the other boy?

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

9. Can drummers be beaten or even shot for disobeying like other soldiers?

10. Does Charley get to be a soldier when he gets to Johnny's old regiment?

(see the answer keys)

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