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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the feeling among the regiment?
(a) The Union soldiers will all be massacred.
(b) They will have to fight on empty stomachs today.
(c) The Rebels will be defeated in no time.
(d) The battle will take weeks.

3. Why is Henry jealous of the men leaving the battlefield?
(a) He sees them leaving without shame.
(b) He imagines they are the chosen ones.
(c) He imagines they will get medals.
(d) He realizes he would have been one of them.

4. Against whom does Henry develop a particular anger?
(a) himself
(b) the loud soldier
(c) the generals
(d) the tall soldier

5. What awakens Henry one morning?
(a) a bugle
(b) an explosion
(c) a kick in the leg
(d) a fire in the camp

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Henry like to find by looking into the eyes of a corpse?

2. How does Henry imagine the battle sounds he hears at night?

3. How does Henry know that the Union forces had won this second battle?

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

5. What does Henry see that is his first encounter with the reality of war?

(see the answer key)

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