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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other secret do Henry and his friend share?
(a) that after the charge they will be sent home
(b) that not many of the regiment will survive the charge
(c) that they will all receive medals for the charge
(d) that they will get extra pay for the charge

2. What results from the order to move?
(a) They march into Washington for a parade.
(b) They march for hours and set up another camp.
(c) They march several miles and return to camp.
(d) They march into an ambush.

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

4. How do the men react to the approach of the Rebel forces?
(a) mostly standing still as though tied to stakes
(b) looking around for ways of escape
(c) quaking in their boots
(d) darting around to be more difficult targets

5. What does it feel like to Henry as he waits for the Rebels to charge?
(a) like being buried alive
(b) like what he imagines the judgment day is like
(c) like suffocating in a vat of oil
(d) like waiting for a parade to start when the circus comes to his village

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tattered man say about wounds you cannot see?

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

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

4. What happens that begins to wear on the men's nerves?

5. How does the whole scene appear to Henry?

(see the answer key)

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