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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Henry about his head wound?
(a) It feels like he is going to die.
(b) It has blurred his vision.
(c) It is bleeding profusely.
(d) It doesn't hurt as much as he thought it would.

2. How does Henry regard himself in comparison to the ones who stayed to fight?
(a) as being more stupid than his comrades
(b) as physically weaker than the ones who stayed
(c) as being more of a hero than they
(d) as having superior intellect

3. What question is Henry's first rationalization for his having run away?
(a) Didn't he stay close enough that no one would notice him?
(b) Weren't there a lot of others who had run before he did?
(c) Wasn't saving himself the same as saving a piece of the army?
(d) Hadn't the lieutenant ordered him to drop back?

4. How does Henry know that the Union forces had won this second battle?
(a) He overheard a cavalryman talking about it.
(b) When the gunshots stopped, the Union was not in retreat.
(c) He could hear their cheers from where he stood.
(d) He could see it from the tree he had climbed.

5. What does Henry first blame for his guilty condition?
(a) the man in front of him who ran
(b) the generals
(c) circumstances
(d) consequences

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Henry and his friend overhear on the road?

2. What destroys Henry's rationalization about nature prompting him to run?

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

4. What does a Major volunteer Henry's regiment to do?

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

(see the answer key)

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