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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What follows the men returning from the battlefield?
(a) military ambulance wagons
(b) catcalls and bullets whizzing by their heads
(c) stray dogs afraid of the noise
(d) horses that have lost their riders

2. How does Henry picture the advancing Rebels?
(a) as a great cloud of thunder
(b) as a red and green dragon
(c) as a swarm of bees
(d) as an advancing freight train

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

4. Where does Henry's mother think he could be put to better use than in the army?
(a) on the farm
(b) as a postman
(c) in a schoolroom
(d) in the navy

5. What makes it difficult for them to make out anything in front of them?
(a) the fog
(b) the darkness
(c) the smoke
(d) the rain

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when a huge swarm of soldiers retreats with stragglers heading every which way?

2. What rumor passing through the regiment begins the novel?

3. What is Henry's first impulse as he watches the battle?

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

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

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