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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as the smoke begins to clear?
(a) The bugles sound another charge.
(b) The Rebels are charging Henry's regiment.
(c) Henry lets go of the flag.
(d) The men begin to cheer.

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

3. What is Henry's act of bravery?
(a) He lets out a yell and charges the Rebels alone.
(b) He moves ahead with the flag and urges the men to follow.
(c) He defies the orders of the colonel.
(d) He manages to carry the flag and shoot at the same time.

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

5. Who do Henry and his friend tell what they have overheard?
(a) their lieutenant
(b) their other friends in the regiment
(c) the medics
(d) their sergeant

6. Who is the friend that Henry notices has changed since he last saw him?
(a) the loud soldier
(b) the singing soldier
(c) the joking soldier
(d) the tall soldier

7. What do the men at the front of the unit do when they halt in some trees?
(a) bow their heads and accept death
(b) let the men ehind them come forward
(c) drink water and rest a moment
(d) start looking for a white flag

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

9. Why must they charge the Rebels?
(a) They are surrounded.
(b) It is getting late in the day.
(c) It is their only hope.
(d) They cannot retreat.

10. 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

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

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

13. How close is the enemy at this time?
(a) close enough to hear what they say
(b) close enough to fight hand to hand
(c) close enough to see their faces
(d) close enough to hit with a stone

14. What returns to Henry in his thoughts as he waits for orders?
(a) the peacefulness of his home
(b) the mental and physical agonies he had suffered
(c) wondering about his mother
(d) the dark haired girl at his school

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the sound Henry hears as he fixes his eyes on a clump of trees?

4. What do the officers expect to find among the men?

5. How does Henry feel about the enemy?

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