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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What results from the order to move?
(a) They march several miles and return to camp.
(b) They march into an ambush.
(c) They march into Washington for a parade.
(d) They march for hours and set up another camp.

2. What rumor passing through the regiment begins the novel?
(a) that Lincoln has been shot
(b) that they will fight tomorrow
(c) that the war is over
(d) that Rebs have surrounded the camp

3. What does Henry's friend reply to his offer to help him walk?
(a) Help me sit down.
(b) Others need help more than me.
(c) Leave me be.
(d) Thanks, my friend.

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

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

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

7. How are the troops feeling as they are still on the move?
(a) They are happy and singing.
(b) The heat and fatigue are overwhelming,
(c) They can march like this for hours without resting.
(d) They have high hopes of reaching the front.

8. What do the retreating men not see?
(a) the trees in the woods
(b) the men of Henry's regiment
(c) the officers on horseback
(d) the river blocking their way

9. What brings Henry out of his stupor?
(a) A bullet whizzes by his head.
(b) Someone cries out that the enemy is coming.
(c) He hears the Rebel war cry.
(d) The lieutenant kicks him.

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

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

12. Why does Henry begin to think it would be better to be killed?
(a) to get some rest
(b) to have his troubles ended
(c) to teach a lesson to the lieutenant
(d) to escape his duty

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

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

15. How is the regiment treated on the way to Washington?
(a) ignored by everyone
(b) feasted at each stop
(c) kept out of the towns
(d) railed by angry citizens

Short Answer Questions

1. What are all the men doing after the battle?

2. What would Henry like to find by looking into the eyes of a corpse?

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

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

5. Why has Henry delayed so many times from enlisting in the army?

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