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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. At the end of the boat trip, an officer tells Charlie that he can be what?
(a) A member of the ROTC.
(b) The regiment's new drummer boy.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A captain.

2. What year is the novel set in?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2011.
(d) 1865.

3. The Bowery Boys take their name from what?
(a) The Bowery area of New York City.
(b) The Bronx area of New York City.
(c) The poem "Bowery Boys."
(d) The song "Bowery Boys."

4. Before the battle, Jem tells Charley that some soldiers believe what?
(a) That they'll never die.
(b) That three is a crowd.
(c) That they'll die when their time comes.
(d) That they'll die too early.

5. After Charley is captured, where is he taken?
(a) To a Union camp.
(b) To a prison camp.
(c) To a Confederate encampment.
(d) To New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Silas Gorman, do drummer boys ever fight?

2. Con abandons Charley to do what on board the ship?

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

4. Which army was Charley in?

5. The drummer boy's primary duty is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Charley's drum during the battle?

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

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

4. What does Colonel Ayers say the punishment will be for deserters?

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

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

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

8. How old is Charley really?

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

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

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