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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Henry feel at times about the wounded men?
(a) revulsion
(b) confusion
(c) hate
(d) envy

5. What does the lieutenant do to the boy who tries to run away?
(a) lets him go
(b) kicks him
(c) shoots him
(d) beats him

Short Answer Questions

1. What brings Henry out of his stupor?

2. How does the whole scene appear to Henry?

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

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

5. What happens the morning after the rumor of going to war was circulated around the regiment?

(see the answer key)

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