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

2. What is it that Henry believes he is the only man who can see?
(a) that war is a game for bored civilians to play like chess
(b) that war is nonsense invented by madmen
(c) that war is nature's way of sorting out the fittest humans
(d) that war is nature's way of duping men into being victims

3. What amazes Henry after the Rebels retreat?
(a) that the sky is still blue
(b) that he cannot stand up
(c) that his ears are still ringing
(d) that he is still alive

4. As a boy, how had Henry imagined himself ?
(a) as a politician
(b) as a gentleman farmer
(c) as a school teacher
(d) as a hero in wars

5. How are the troops feeling as they are still on the move?
(a) They have high hopes of reaching the front.
(b) The heat and fatigue are overwhelming,
(c) They can march like this for hours without resting.
(d) They are happy and singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What describes the noises Henry hears coming from the Rebels?

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

3. Climbing over a fence, what does Henry discover?

4. Who catches up to Henry after Jim Conklin dies?

5. How does Henry's question about his bravery continue?

(see the answer key)

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