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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Climbing over a fence, what does Henry discover?
(a) a small group of other deserters
(b) the ground littered with the bodies of the dead and wounded
(c) a cow he can milk to get something to fill his stomach
(d) a field of tall corn he can hide in

2. How does the pipe-smoking friend try to encourage Henry?
(a) by predicting he will do great things
(b) by getting his mind off battle
(c) by telling him jokes
(d) by saying they will be side by side

3. How does Henry describe his months in camp?
(a) exciting
(b) monotonous
(c) beneficial
(d) too short

4. What does Henry's mother do for him before he leaves?
(a) knits him some socks
(b) cuts his hair
(c) brushes his uniform
(d) bakes him some cookies

5. How does Henry describe Jim's wounds?
(a) like a split open watermelon
(b) like his side was eaten by wolves
(c) like a butchered calf
(d) like the hole in a doughnut

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Henry sees a man in front of him drop his rifle and run away?

2. What awakens Henry one morning?

3. What does Henry's friend reply to his offer to help him walk?

4. How does Henry picture the advancing Rebels?

5. Where does Henry's mother think he could be put to better use than in the army?

(see the answer key)

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