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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Henry's first impression as he wakes the next morning after returning to his regiment?
(a) He first thinks the sleeping men are corpses.
(b) He wonders why everything is so quiet.
(c) He thinks that maybe the war is over.
(d) He cannot remember where he is.

2. Coming to his senses, what does Henry realize?
(a) He is back with his regiment.
(b) He has to think up some good stories to tell.
(c) He needs to find another rifle.
(d) He is starving.

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

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

5. What are the men doing in the forest as Henry nears his regiment?
(a) looking for something to eat
(b) getting ready to sleep
(c) digging holes in the ground
(d) walking in circles

6. What does Henry recall while waiting for marching orders?
(a) Jim Conklin's death
(b) the corpses in the field
(c) the dead soldier
(d) the yellow envelope

7. 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

8. What happens when the shooting starts?
(a) The Rebels jump up and run.
(b) Men on the front line begin falling.
(c) A bugle sounds retreat.
(d) Henry runs away again.

9. After Henry's performance in the battle where he had to be called back to the line, how is Henry perceived by his peers?
(a) as a whirlwind
(b) as a coward
(c) as a deceiver
(d) as a war devil

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

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

12. What does Henry imagine himself doing sometime in the future?
(a) writing a book about his adventures
(b) training young soldiers in rifle shooting
(c) lecturing young men on going to war
(d) telling his stories by candlelight in a parlor

13. After the charge, how do the men know they are safe?
(a) They are ordered to return to the battalion.
(b) Scouts report that the Rebels have retreated.
(c) The birds return to the trees.
(d) The battle noises are now far away.

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

15. How do the men react to the approach of the Rebel forces?
(a) darting around to be more difficult targets
(b) quaking in their boots
(c) looking around for ways of escape
(d) mostly standing still as though tied to stakes

Short Answer Questions

1. As the Rebels bear down on them, how does Henry feel?

2. What seems to be happening to Henry's perception as the shooting starts?

3. What do Henry and his friend succeed in doing?

4. When the colonel and other officers appear, what is he shouting?

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

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