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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry think the lieutenant is lacking?
(a) any appreciation for fine minds
(b) his horse
(c) a plan of attack
(d) a loaded rifle

2. Who does Henry hope to impress one day?
(a) the people who live around his farm
(b) his mother and her pastor
(c) the students at his old school
(d) his mother and the dark haired girl

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

4. What is the pipe smoking friend's reply when Henry asks if he might run away from battle?
(a) He says he probably will.
(b) He says he isn't sure.
(c) He says it isn't possible.
(d) He says he doesn't know.

5. How does Henry describe his months in camp?
(a) exciting
(b) too short
(c) beneficial
(d) monotonous

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Henry sees a man in front of him drop his rifle and run away?

2. What is distant and surreal in Henry's mind?

3. How are the troops feeling as they are still on the move?

4. Why does Henry begin to think it would be better to be killed?

5. What new fear rises in Henry as the result of the tattered man's question about his wounds?

(see the answer key)

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