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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 does Charley plan to do with some of the money he earns in the Union Army?
(a) Send it to Noreen.
(b) Send it to Michael Demarest.
(c) Send it to his mother.
(d) Send it to Granny Bent.

2. In Chapter 6, Charley has what new clothes?
(a) A disguise.
(b) Blue jeans and a white shirt.
(c) A drummer's uniform.
(d) A pastor's outfit.

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

4. On board the ship, Charley learns that you must be how old to be a soldier?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 9.
(d) 25.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On the ship, Charley notices that Con has what item that belonged to someone else?

2. What street is Noreen's apartment on?

3. The area where Silas Gorman takes Charley to practice the drums is near what?

4. Who is Noreen?

5. What does Jem say when Charley asks if drummers ever get shot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does incorrigible mean?

2. How does Con spend his time and money on board the boat?

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

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

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

6. Who is the solder Charley meets on board the ship, who tries to help him?

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

8. Who has Johnny's knife?

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

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

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