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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does his friend do to try and help Henry?
(a) help him stand
(b) spoon feed him
(c) locate a rifle
(d) check his bandage

3. What does Henry see on the faces of sleeping soldiers?
(a) weariness
(b) relief
(c) anguish
(d) fear

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

5. What effect does the report of the lieutenant's chastisement have on the troops?
(a) lowers their morale
(b) makes them resolved to do better next time
(c) makes them laugh
(d) raises their hopes

6. How does Henry feel about the enemy?
(a) that they never seem to tire
(b) that they give up too easily
(c) that they are better shots than the Union soldiers
(d) that there are so many of them

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

8. What causes the regiment to slow its advance against the Rebels?
(a) canon fire
(b) exhaustion
(c) orders from the lieutenant
(d) marshes

9. What does the lieutenant order the complaining men to do?
(a) be quiet and save their energy
(b) start moving closer to the enemy
(c) get some sleep
(d) think good thoughts

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

11. What does the regiment know of the military machinery behind their orders to charge the Rebels?
(a) all the details
(b) only when they will be relieved
(c) exactly what the final plan is
(d) nothing

12. How is this charge a turning point for the regiment?
(a) They refuse to fight again.
(b) They learn how to reload faster.
(c) They no longer fear death.
(d) They now see that it is possible to win.

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

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

15. Once in position, what does Henry see?
(a) a row of Rebel canons aimed in his direction
(b) a long clearing with sandbag walls on the far side
(c) a long stretch of cleared wood with flashes of rifle fire
(d) a long stretch of burned out forest

Short Answer Questions

1. What returns to Henry in his thoughts as he waits for orders?

2. Why must they charge the Rebels?

3. What do the men at the front of the unit do when they halt in some trees?

4. After Henry's performance in the battle where he had to be called back to the line, how is Henry perceived by his peers?

5. What does a Major volunteer Henry's regiment to do?

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