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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Con say about his treatment of Charley?

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

3. What has Jem done with the money he had?

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

5. Who is Con?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Silas Gorman not want to be a drummer anymore?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How old is Charley really?

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

10. What rank has Jem Miller been promoted to in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After killing the panther, does Charley feel better about his skills using a gun or his skills as a farmer? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Civil War. What were the two sides? What were the major issues of the war? Could the issues have been resolved in another way?

Essay Topic 3

Charley's attitudes about killing change over the course of the book.

Part 1) What is Charley's attitude about killing Confederate soldiers at the beginning of the novel?

Part 2) How does that attitude change when he actually shoots a Confederate soldier?

Part 3) What is Charley's attitude toward killing at the end of the story? Does he believe the Confederate soldier he shot is alive or dead? How does he feel about that?

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