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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What begins happening as runners come back out of the haze?
(a) heavy rainfall
(b) orders to march
(c) the rumors and stories
(d) canon bursts

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

4. What is Henry advised to avoid putting pressure on his head wound?
(a) not to bump his head on a tree limb
(b) not to touch the bandage
(c) not to go to sleep
(d) not to talk or yell

5. How does Henry know that the Union forces had won this second battle?
(a) He overheard a cavalryman talking about it.
(b) He could see it from the tree he had climbed.
(c) When the gunshots stopped, the Union was not in retreat.
(d) He could hear their cheers from where he stood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Henry asks one of the soldiers what is happening?

2. How is the regiment treated on the way to Washington?

3. What does it feel like to Henry as he waits for the Rebels to charge?

4. What happens the morning after the rumor of going to war was circulated around the regiment?

5. Where does Henry go to collect his thoughts?

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