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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens that begins to wear on the men's nerves?
(a) catcalls and Rebel yells
(b) hours of dead silence from the Rebels
(c) rain that fills the trenches with water
(d) continuing rifle fire with no let up

2. How does Henry describe Jim's wounds?
(a) like a butchered calf
(b) like his side was eaten by wolves
(c) like the hole in a doughnut
(d) like a split open watermelon

3. What does Henry recall while waiting for marching orders?
(a) the corpses in the field
(b) the dead soldier
(c) Jim Conklin's death
(d) the yellow envelope

4. What seems to be happening to Henry's perception as the shooting starts?
(a) Everything seems sharper and clearer.
(b) His vision blurs.
(c) He cannot see details.
(d) He is blinded by gun powder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the troops feeling as they are still on the move?

2. What does the lieutenant order the complaining men to do?

3. How does Henry explain his absence from the regiment.

4. How does the whole scene appear to Henry?

5. What returns to Henry in his thoughts as he waits for orders?

(see the answer key)

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