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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Henry picture the advancing Rebels?
(a) as a red and green dragon
(b) as an advancing freight train
(c) as a swarm of bees
(d) as a great cloud of thunder

2. Who catches up to Henry after Jim Conklin dies?
(a) the field doctor
(b) the lieutenant
(c) the tattered man
(d) the general

3. What do the Union soldiers do as the Rebels advance?
(a) say prayers
(b) ready their cartridges
(c) run for cover
(d) hold their breath

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

5. What is the feeling among the regiment?
(a) The Union soldiers will all be massacred.
(b) The battle will take weeks.
(c) They will have to fight on empty stomachs today.
(d) The Rebels will be defeated in no time.

6. What makes Henry believe that at last his chance to prove himself has come?
(a) Sounds of battle get near the camp.
(b) Many officers ride into camp from the front.
(c) Extra firing practice is ordered.
(d) The regiment is ordered to move.

7. What is Henry's last view of the tattered man?
(a) headed back the wrong way
(b) walking aimlessly in a field
(c) falling under the wheels of a caisson
(d) falling on his face in the road

8. What warning does Henry's mother give her son?
(a) to watch the company he keeps
(b) to stay behind the lines
(c) to be careful what he eats
(d) to wash behind his ears

9. When Henry meets up with a wounded man, what does the man want to know?
(a) what time it is
(b) where he was wounded
(c) where he left his rifle
(d) where he can find some water

10. After the pipe smoking friend leaves Henry, how does he feel?
(a) more alone than ever
(b) sure that he will not run away
(c) proud that he has such a friend
(d) sure now that he will run away from battle

11. How does Henry's question about his bravery continue?
(a) He makes a joke of the idea.
(b) He tries to calculate the odds of his running away.
(c) He has terrible dreams of running away.
(d) He puts it all out of his mind.

12. How does the whole scene appear to Henry?
(a) dreamlike
(b) terrifying
(c) super realistic
(d) common place

13. What does Henry feel at times about the wounded men?
(a) revulsion
(b) hate
(c) confusion
(d) envy

14. Who does Henry meet up with as he walks with the wounded?
(a) Jim, from his regiment
(b) the general he saw on a horse
(c) the lieutenant with the wounded hand
(d) the pipe smoking comrade

15. What amazes Henry after the Rebels retreat?
(a) that the sky is still blue
(b) that he cannot stand up
(c) that he is still alive
(d) that his ears are still ringing

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry think the lieutenant is lacking?

2. What results from the order to move?

3. What is it that Henry believes he is the only man who can see?

4. As a boy, how had Henry imagined himself ?

5. What puts Henry to sleep the first night in the new camp?

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