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

2. What is Charley's punishment for fighting?
(a) He must count to 200.
(b) He is spanked.
(c) He must stay home that evening while the family goes on an outing.
(d) He must mop the kitchen floor.

3. Where is the headquarters of the 140th regiment?
(a) In Chicago.
(b) In Washington, D.C.
(c) In the Maryland Hotel.
(d) In the Virginia Hotel.

4. What happens to Charley's drum in the fighting?
(a) It is stepped on by a horse.
(b) It is lost in the waves.
(c) It is scratched but not harmed.
(d) It is destroyed by a bullet.

5. Who is Con?
(a) A friend of Johnny's and fellow soldier.
(b) A truck driver.
(c) Charley's father.
(d) Noreen's fiance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Johnny die?

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

4. Who does Charley meet again on the train?

5. Charley is thrilled to be assigned to what regiment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Which soldier does Charley see marching in the street when he sneaks out?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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