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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry see that is his first encounter with the reality of war?
(a) wounded soldiers coming back the other way
(b) the body of a dead soldier
(c) an abandoned canon
(d) destroyed fields

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

3. When Henry meets up with a wounded man, what does the man want to know?
(a) what time it is
(b) where he left his rifle
(c) where he can find some water
(d) where he was wounded

4. What sudden event takes place after the first retreat of the Rebels?
(a) They are ordered to march.
(b) They return.
(c) The generals send new orders.
(d) A storm arises.

5. What do the retreating men not see?
(a) the men of Henry's regiment
(b) the officers on horseback
(c) the trees in the woods
(d) the river blocking their way

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry feel at times about the wounded men?

2. What makes it difficult for them to make out anything in front of them?

3. What causes Henry's moment of panic?

4. As the Union soldiers get back into position, what is happening?

5. How are Henry's comrades behaving in the face of imminent warfare?

(see the answer key)

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