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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unexpected action does Henry take?
(a) He climbs a tree to wait for the battle to come to him.
(b) He circles around to get near the Rebel army.
(c) He starts running toward the battle sounds.
(d) He runs deeper into the woods.

2. How does Henry picture the advancing Rebels?
(a) as a swarm of bees
(b) as a great cloud of thunder
(c) as a red and green dragon
(d) as an advancing freight train

3. What question is Henry's first rationalization for his having run away?
(a) Didn't he stay close enough that no one would notice him?
(b) Weren't there a lot of others who had run before he did?
(c) Hadn't the lieutenant ordered him to drop back?
(d) Wasn't saving himself the same as saving a piece of the army?

4. What becomes Henry's grandiose image of himself?
(a) as president of the United States
(b) as an angel possessing perfect existence
(c) as a reformer to save the world
(d) as a great orator to uplift the world

5. How does Henry regard himself in comparison to the ones who stayed to fight?
(a) as having superior intellect
(b) as physically weaker than the ones who stayed
(c) as being more stupid than his comrades
(d) as being more of a hero than they

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the pipe smoking friend's reply when Henry asks if he might run away from battle?

2. Climbing over a fence, what does Henry discover?

3. Where does Henry's mother think he could be put to better use than in the army?

4. What do the retreating men not see?

5. What happens to Henry physically as he marches on toward the battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe the outcome of this first battle?

2. Discuss Henry's moment of panic.

3. What is the reality of the situation during this first battle?

4. How does the camp react to the rumor of going to war tomorrow?

5. What does Henry decide nature has done with him?

6. Describe the pipe smoking friend's attitude about marching and war.

7. Explain what goes through Henry's mind as he contemplates going into battle.

8. Describe how the men began to shed their knapsacks.

9. How successful is Henry at comparing himself to other of the troops?

10. What particularly pleases Henry when he stops by his old school?

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