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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Henry ordered to get Jim off the road?
(a) There are holes in the road.
(b) A battery is approaching.
(c) Snipers may shoot him.
(d) He is walking too slow.

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

3. How does Henry's question about his bravery continue?
(a) He has terrible dreams of running away.
(b) He tries to calculate the odds of his running away.
(c) He makes a joke of the idea.
(d) He puts it all out of his mind.

4. What does Wilson help Henry do?
(a) find another rifle
(b) locate a place to sleep
(c) get something to eat
(d) get treatment for his head injury

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As a victim of nature, what does Henry feel he is being denied?

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

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

4. What does Henry's mother do for him before he leaves?

5. How does the pipe-smoking friend try to encourage Henry?

(see the answer key)

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