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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other secret do Henry and his friend share?
(a) that after the charge they will be sent home
(b) that they will get extra pay for the charge
(c) that not many of the regiment will survive the charge
(d) that they will all receive medals for the charge

2. What is Henry's resolve during the battle?
(a) not to move
(b) to help the lieutenant
(c) to look for escape
(d) to write everyting down

3. When the Rebels charge them again, how does Henry now feel?
(a) afraid again
(b) alarmed
(c) indifferent
(d) confident

4. What does a higher ranking officer do to the lieutenant?
(a) Relieves him of duty.
(b) Belittles him for not going farther.
(c) Gives him a commendation.
(d) Orders him to report to the general.

5. What does Henry hear in the early morning?
(a) thunder in the distance
(b) bugles in many camps
(c) crickets chirping
(d) birds singing in the trees

6. What starts the battle in the forest?
(a) a Rebel yell
(b) an order from the lieutenant
(c) a canon blast
(d) a single gunshot

7. Who does Henry hope to impress one day?
(a) the people who live around his farm
(b) his mother and the dark haired girl
(c) the students at his old school
(d) his mother and her pastor

8. Where does Henry take refuge?
(a) in a cave
(b) behind a small tree
(c) behind a dead soldier
(d) under a wagon

9. How does most of the regiment react to the news of their charge against the enemy?
(a) objecting loudly
(b) ralllying with anticipation
(c) with disbelief
(d) indifferently

10. As the men of the regiment fight like wild animals, what happens suddenly?
(a) Henry loses the flag.
(b) Henry loses his rifle.
(c) Canons start firing.
(d) The Rebels disappear.

11. How does Henry explain his absence from the regiment.
(a) He says he got separated and received a head wound.
(b) He says his wound knocked him unconscious.
(c) He says a lieutenant sent him on an errand.
(d) He says he was there all the time but no one saw him.

12. Why do some of the men move back frantically?
(a) anxous to find their friends
(b) hurry to get medical attention
(c) fear of being killed outside of combat
(d) looking for their lost weapons

13. In the charge, what gives Henry momentum to keep going?
(a) the drums and bugles
(b) the shouts of the lieutenant
(c) the red, white, and blue flag
(d) the sport of the kill

14. When the orders come, where is Henry's regiment gong?
(a) to circle around behind the Rebel army
(b) to join other regiments about to charge the Rebels
(c) back to base for more training
(d) to relieve another regiment in the trenches

15. How does Henry rationalize his railing at nature while he was on the run?
(a) The doomed and the damned are allowed to do it.
(b) He had been confused and disoriented.
(c) Hunger made him irrational.
(d) He didn't really mean it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Henry only watching the action in this latest battle?

2. Who do Henry and his friend tell what they have overheard?

3. What is Henry advised to avoid putting pressure on his head wound?

4. What angers Henry this time as the battle begins?

5. Who is the friend that Henry notices has changed since he last saw him?

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