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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the bullet hit the lieutenant?
(a) in his leg
(b) in the chest
(c) in his hand
(d) in the head

2. Who does Henry meet up with as he walks with the wounded?
(a) Jim, from his regiment
(b) the lieutenant with the wounded hand
(c) the pipe smoking comrade
(d) the general he saw on a horse

3. What are the running and retreating soldiers seeking?
(a) places to take cover
(b) replacement soldiers
(c) escape from the madness
(d) comfort in numbers

4. What is distant and surreal in Henry's mind?
(a) that officers hold his life in their hands
(b) that the war happens in his own country
(c) that political differences can start a war
(d) that things go on as usual back at home

5. What does one young man of the battalion do at the first volley?
(a) He runs.
(b) He stands up.
(c) He vomits.
(d) He covers his head with both hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What destroys Henry's rationalization about nature prompting him to run?

2. How does Henry first feel when he realizes that the Union has won the second battle?

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

4. Why is Henry ordered to get Jim off the road?

5. What does it feel like to Henry as he waits for the Rebels to charge?

(see the answer key)

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