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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Henry picture the advancing Rebels?
(a) as a red and green dragon
(b) as an advancing freight train
(c) as a swarm of bees
(d) as a great cloud of thunder

2. What do the Union soldiers do as the Rebels advance?
(a) run for cover
(b) hold their breath
(c) say prayers
(d) ready their cartridges

3. When they stop running, what do the men begin to build?
(a) walls around their new camp
(b) small fires to keep warm
(c) log cabins for the officers
(d) little hills out of anything they can find

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

5. Who does Henry hope to impress one day?
(a) his mother and her pastor
(b) his mother and the dark haired girl
(c) the students at his old school
(d) the people who live around his farm

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Henry first feel when he realizes that the Union has won the second battle?

4. As a victim of nature, what does Henry feel he is being denied?

5. What do the men at the front of the unit do when they halt in some trees?

(see the answer key)

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