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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Henry first feel when he realizes that the Union has won the second battle?
(a) confused and disbelieving
(b) betrayed in a way
(c) afraid of what will happen to him now
(d) elated

3. As Henry is observing the battle, what happens suddenly to frighten him?
(a) Dark waves of men sweep out of the woods coming toward him.
(b) Runaway horses begin to stampede.
(c) A bomb blast fall near him.
(d) A lieutenant rides up near where he is hiding.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Henry asks one of the soldiers what is happening?

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

3. Who do Henry and his friend tell what they have overheard?

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

5. What other secret do Henry and his friend share?

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