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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What puts Henry to sleep the first night in the new camp?
(a) reflections of fire on the wall of his tent
(b) a soldier playing a harmonica
(c) the voices of men gathered around a fire
(d) exhaustion from the day's march

2. What happens as the smoke begins to clear?
(a) The Rebels are charging Henry's regiment.
(b) The bugles sound another charge.
(c) Henry lets go of the flag.
(d) The men begin to cheer.

3. Where is Henry's regiment the morning he expects to be his first battle?
(a) on an open field
(b) among the trees at the edge of a grove
(c) on the banks of a river
(d) near a small Southern village

4. Who does Henry conclude would never rage at nature?
(a) a man who doesn't think too much
(b) a man who believes in God
(c) a man with a full stomach and self-respect
(d) a man who never makes mistakes

5. What new fear rises in Henry as the result of the tattered man's question about his wounds?
(a) that he might get wounded like him
(b) that he will be sent back to the front
(c) that he will be found out
(d) that the man knows he is a deserter

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry describe his months in camp?

2. As the men of the regiment fight like wild animals, what happens suddenly?

3. Why does Henry begin to think it would be better to be killed?

4. How are Henry's comrades behaving in the face of imminent warfare?

5. Who is the officer who chastises the lieutenant?

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