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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Henry know that the Union forces had won this second battle?
(a) He overheard a cavalryman talking about it.
(b) He could hear their cheers from where he stood.
(c) He could see it from the tree he had climbed.
(d) When the gunshots stopped, the Union was not in retreat.

2. How does Henry imagine the battle sounds he hears at night?
(a) a red and green dragons
(b) as thunder in the clouds
(c) as drums in a parade
(d) as two panthers fighting

3. Where does Henry go to collect his thoughts?
(a) away from camp to lie in the grass
(b) into his tent
(c) down by a stream
(d) to the camp chaplain

4. What makes Henry believe that at last his chance to prove himself has come?
(a) Many officers ride into camp from the front.
(b) The regiment is ordered to move.
(c) Sounds of battle get near the camp.
(d) Extra firing practice is ordered.

5. How does the whole scene appear to Henry?
(a) super realistic
(b) terrifying
(c) common place
(d) dreamlike

Short Answer Questions

1. What warning does Henry's mother give her son?

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

3. What does Henry realize about the tattered man?

4. What does Henry think the lieutenant is lacking?

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

(see the answer key)

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