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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Henry shooting and reloading as the Rebels arrive?
(a) like a machine
(b) very slowly
(c) not very methodically
(d) clumsily

2. Where is Henry's regiment the morning he expects to be his first battle?
(a) on an open field
(b) among the trees at the edge of a grove
(c) on the banks of a river
(d) near a small Southern village

3. 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 into an ambush.
(d) They march several miles and return to camp.

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

5. What makes it difficult for them to make out anything in front of them?
(a) the smoke
(b) the darkness
(c) the rain
(d) the fog

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumor passing through the regiment begins the novel?

2. What is the pipe smoking friend's reply when Henry asks if he might run away from battle?

3. What makes Henry believe that at last his chance to prove himself has come?

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

5. What does Henry's mother do for him before he leaves?

(see the answer key)

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