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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Running down the road, what is Henry trying to do?
(a) to keep up with the other men
(b) to keep his head down
(c) to load his rifle
(d) to find out what is happening

2. Who impresses Henry when he stops by the school to say good-bye?
(a) a dark haired girl
(b) the school master
(c) the boys on the playground
(d) the mayor of the town

3. As a victim of nature, what does Henry feel he is being denied?
(a) pity
(b) opportunity
(c) commendation
(d) justice

4. Why is Henry jealous of the men leaving the battlefield?
(a) He imagines they will get medals.
(b) He sees them leaving without shame.
(c) He realizes he would have been one of them.
(d) He imagines they are the chosen ones.

5. What is distant and surreal in Henry's mind?
(a) that things go on as usual back at home
(b) that political differences can start a war
(c) that officers hold his life in their hands
(d) that the war happens in his own country

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henry's reply when the tattered man asks again about his wounds?

2. How is Henry shooting and reloading as the Rebels arrive?

3. What rumor passing through the regiment begins the novel?

4. After walking around all morning, where does the regiment go?

5. How does Henry begin to imagine himself?

(see the answer key)

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