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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. Who finally gives Charley a ride on his horse when the boy is too exhausted to walk?
(a) A Confederate general.
(b) A lady.
(c) A Union officer.
(d) General Robert E. Lee.

2. What does Jem say when Charley asks if drummers ever get shot?
(a) Jem refuses to answer the question.
(b) That they are supposed to be shot.
(c) That there is no shooting in a battle.
(d) That in the heat of battle, they sometimes are shot by accident.

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

4. When the Charley and the Union soldiers run after the Confederate soldiers, they run into what?
(a) More Union soldiers.
(b) The ocean.
(c) A trap where they are caught in the crossfire.
(d) A dead end street.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Marcus?

3. On the train to the regiment, the men tease Charley. How old do they guess he is?

4. After the battle, Charley is what?

5. Which army was Charley in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where there any policewomen in Charley's time?

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

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

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

5. Which friend of Charley's is wounded at Sanders Field?

6. How old is Charley really?

7. What does Michael Demarest say he will do if Charley does not stop fighting?

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

9. Does Charley learn the drum signals slowly or quickly?

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

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