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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Henry's pipe-smoking friend feel about long marches?
(a) all right if it only means a new camp
(b) all right because it keeps them in shape
(c) all right because it is better than doing nothing
(d) all right if there is a battle at the end of it

2. What surprises Henry about his head wound?
(a) It feels like he is going to die.
(b) It doesn't hurt as much as he thought it would.
(c) It is bleeding profusely.
(d) It has blurred his vision.

3. Who catches up to Henry after Jim Conklin dies?
(a) the tattered man
(b) the lieutenant
(c) the general
(d) the field doctor

4. As the noise of the battle grows louder, what does Henry see that confuses him?
(a) the Rebels being pushed back
(b) fewer wounded
(c) men leaving the battlefield
(d) a chance to slip back in unnoticed

5. How does Henry rationalize his railing at nature while he was on the run?
(a) Hunger made him irrational.
(b) The doomed and the damned are allowed to do it.
(c) He had been confused and disoriented.
(d) He didn't really mean it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes it difficult for them to make out anything in front of them?

2. What do the Union soldiers do as the Rebels advance?

3. What destroys Henry's rationalization about nature prompting him to run?

4. What is the pipe smoking friend's reply when Henry asks if he might run away from battle?

5. What does Henry learn about other men in his regiment?

(see the answer key)

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