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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 other duties does Charley handle?
(a) Running errands, helping with maps, carrying water.
(b) None -- he has no duties.
(c) Washing dishes, peeling potatoes, polishing shoes.
(d) Running errands, fetching groceries, washing dishes.

2. Jem has been promoted to what rank?
(a) Admiral.
(b) Ensign.
(c) Corporal.
(d) Captain.

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

4. The Confederate office urges Charley to run away in what direction?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) West.

5. What is Charley's last name?
(a) O'Toole.
(b) Quinn
(c) Sullivan.
(d) Madison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Noreen's business?

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

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

4. Silas Gorman says that Charlie has learned as much in two months as Silas learned in how long?

5. What does Colonel Ayers says will happen to anyone who runs away during battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Charley's nickname for the New York City policeman who makes him stop fighting?

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

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

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

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

6. Who has Johnny's knife?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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