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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Henry wipe his eyes with his coat sleeve?
(a) Sweat is running into his eyes.
(b) He doesn't have time to use a handkerchief.
(c) He doesn't believe what he is seeing.
(d) Tree bark popped into his eye.

2. What happens when the shooting starts?
(a) The Rebels jump up and run.
(b) Henry runs away again.
(c) A bugle sounds retreat.
(d) Men on the front line begin falling.

3. Climbing over a fence, what does Henry discover?
(a) a field of tall corn he can hide in
(b) a small group of other deserters
(c) the ground littered with the bodies of the dead and wounded
(d) a cow he can milk to get something to fill his stomach

4. What does Henry see that is his first encounter with the reality of war?
(a) an abandoned canon
(b) wounded soldiers coming back the other way
(c) the body of a dead soldier
(d) destroyed fields

5. What does Henry see his mother doing as he turns to look back?
(a) waving good-bye
(b) washing clothes
(c) praying and quivering
(d) hitching up the plow horse

Short Answer Questions

1. What are all the men doing after the battle?

2. Who do Henry and his friend tell what they have overheard?

3. What are the men doing in the forest as Henry nears his regiment?

4. What is Henry advised to avoid putting pressure on his head wound?

5. How does Henry picture the advancing Rebels?

(see the answer key)

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