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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the charge, what gives Henry momentum to keep going?
(a) the red, white, and blue flag
(b) the drums and bugles
(c) the sport of the kill
(d) the shouts of the lieutenant

2. What happens that begins to wear on the men's nerves?
(a) continuing rifle fire with no let up
(b) catcalls and Rebel yells
(c) hours of dead silence from the Rebels
(d) rain that fills the trenches with water

3. What causes Henry's moment of panic?
(a) He remembers thinking about running.
(b) He is momentarily blinded by the smoke.
(c) He doesn't remember loading his rifle.
(d) He remembers he forgot to pray that morning.

4. Instinctively, what does Henry feel about the future?
(a) He will have to live in exile.
(b) He will work his way out of his predicament.
(c) His mother will not welcome him home.
(d) He is hopelessly lost.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the regiment to slow its advance against the Rebels?

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

3. What warning does Henry's mother give her son?

4. What returns to Henry in his thoughts as he waits for orders?

5. What makes Henry believe that at last his chance to prove himself has come?

(see the answer key)

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