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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Henry see his current suffering?
(a) as a burden that he sould not have to bear
(b) as being fair because he is a coward
(c) as an accident of nature
(d) as having followed the course nature laid out for him

2. Who is the officer who chastises the lieutenant?
(a) the one who called them mule drivers
(b) the one who advises the general
(c) the one who lost his horse
(d) the one who carrys the battalion flag

3. As the Union soldiers get back into position, what is happening?
(a) Bullets are flying, shearing off blades of grass.
(b) Fire breaks out behind them.
(c) Bugles are sounding loudly.
(d) The earth is shaking underneat them.

4. After walking around all morning, where does the regiment go?
(a) back to Washington D. C.
(b) back to the original camp
(c) over near the banks of a river
(d) back to the same ground it had taken in the morning

5. What describes the noises Henry hears coming from the Rebels?
(a) pipes and harmonicas
(b) snarls, prayers, and cheers
(c) curses and cries of pain
(d) songs and drum beats

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry wonder about seeing?

2. When they stop running, what do the men begin to build?

3. What does Henry realize could happen to him as he runs down the road?

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

5. What happens when the shooting starts?

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