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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What seems to be happening to Henry's perception as the shooting starts?
(a) He cannot see details.
(b) He is blinded by gun powder.
(c) His vision blurs.
(d) Everything seems sharper and clearer.

3. What surprises Henry about his head wound?
(a) It feels like he is going to die.
(b) It is bleeding profusely.
(c) It has blurred his vision.
(d) It doesn't hurt as much as he thought it would.

4. What does a Major volunteer Henry's regiment to do?
(a) charge the enemy
(b) ambush the Rebels from behind
(c) collect the bodies of the fallen
(d) return to base

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

6. After getting his wound treated, what does Henry do?
(a) talks to a man by the fire
(b) tries to get some sleep
(c) begs for food and drink
(d) sits and stares into the fire

7. What happens that begins to wear on the men's nerves?
(a) continuing rifle fire with no let up
(b) rain that fills the trenches with water
(c) hours of dead silence from the Rebels
(d) catcalls and Rebel yells

8. What does Henry learn about other men in his regiment?
(a) They were ambushed and many of them killed.
(b) They, too, got separated and are returning.
(c) They had wanted to surrender.
(d) They had stayed at the front the longest.

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

10. Why is Henry only watching the action in this latest battle?
(a) He is still carrying the flag.
(b) His head wound is bothering him.
(c) He has lost his weapon.
(d) He is paralyzed by fear.

11. What is the sound Henry hears as he fixes his eyes on a clump of trees?
(a) the sound of laoding rigles
(b) the Rebel yell
(c) the song of birds
(d) a low, growling sound

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

13. What conversation do the men have about the officer who called them mule drivers?
(a) How if they are the drivers, he is the mule.
(b) How he ever got to be an officer.
(c) What a stupid man he is.
(d) What they would do to him if they got the chance.

14. What angers Henry this time as the battle begins?
(a) that the insects keep buzzing around
(b) that the generals have not planned well
(c) that he had had no time to recuperate
(d) that he does not have enough ammunition

15. Who do Henry and his friend overhear on the road?
(a) the general and a major
(b) a wounded soldier begging another soldier to shoot him
(c) some Rebel officers
(d) two of their regiment planning to desert

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men react to the approach of the Rebel forces?

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

3. Once in position, what does Henry see?

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

5. What does Henry surmise as the men swarm toward where he is?

(see the answer keys)

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