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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Henry believe that at last his chance to prove himself has come?
(a) Many officers ride into camp from the front.
(b) Extra firing practice is ordered.
(c) Sounds of battle get near the camp.
(d) The regiment is ordered to move.

2. Why has Henry delayed so many times from enlisting in the army?
(a) because of his fear
(b) because of his age
(c) because of his mother
(d) because of his dreams

3. What rumor passing through the regiment begins the novel?
(a) that they will fight tomorrow
(b) that the war is over
(c) that Rebs have surrounded the camp
(d) that Lincoln has been shot

4. Running down the road, what is Henry trying to do?
(a) to load his rifle
(b) to find out what is happening
(c) to keep up with the other men
(d) to keep his head down

5. How is the horror personified among Henry's regiment?
(a) Panic among the officers
(b) Officers cursing the twist of fate
(c) Comrades falling dead in front of them
(d) Blood dripping from the returning soldiers

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the pipe-smoking friend try to encourage Henry?

2. What does Henry realize could happen to him as he runs down the road?

3. What warning does Henry's mother give her son?

4. Where is Henry's regiment the morning he expects to be his first battle?

5. What follows the men returning from the battlefield?

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