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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What destroys Henry's rationalization about nature prompting him to run?
(a) the sight of the dead man with the ants crawling over his skin
(b) a squirrel being eaten by a stray cat
(c) some wounded soldiers rejoicing over the victory
(d) a rainstorm that comes up suddenly

2. What happens when Henry asks one of the soldiers what is happening?
(a) He gets hit in the head with a rifle butt.
(b) He is told to shut up and run.
(c) He is cursed as a deserter.
(d) He gets stabbed with a bayonet.

3. Who do Henry and his friend overhear on the road?
(a) the general and a major
(b) a wounded soldier begging another soldier to shoot him
(c) some Rebel officers
(d) two of their regiment planning to desert

4. Who do Henry and his friend tell what they have overheard?
(a) their other friends in the regiment
(b) the medics
(c) their sergeant
(d) their lieutenant

5. What does a Major volunteer Henry's regiment to do?
(a) charge the enemy
(b) ambush the Rebels from behind
(c) return to base
(d) collect the bodies of the fallen

Short Answer Questions

1. How does most of the regiment react to the news of their charge against the enemy?

2. What does Henry first blame for his guilty condition?

3. After the battle is over when Henry distinguished himself, what do he and his friend attempt to do?

4. How does Henry regard himself in comparison to the ones who stayed to fight?

5. What are the men doing in the forest as Henry nears his regiment?

(see the answer key)

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