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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. How does he think men perceive him?
(a) as a piece of trash
(b) as a greased pig
(c) as a worm in an apple
(d) as a mindless monkey

2. When they stop running, what do the men begin to build?
(a) little hills out of anything they can find
(b) small fires to keep warm
(c) walls around their new camp
(d) log cabins for the officers

3. What does Henry feel at times about the wounded men?
(a) envy
(b) hate
(c) revulsion
(d) confusion

4. What are all the men doing after the battle?
(a) thanking God
(b) bragging
(c) keeping quiet
(d) making small talk

5. How does the whole scene appear to Henry?
(a) common place
(b) super realistic
(c) terrifying
(d) dreamlike

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Henry sees a man in front of him drop his rifle and run away?

2. How does Henry picture the advancing Rebels?

3. How does Henry describe his months in camp?

4. Why is Henry ordered to get Jim off the road?

5. What destroys Henry's rationalization about nature prompting him to run?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the source of the rumor of going to battle the next day that goes through the camp.

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

3. What is Henry's problem that keeps him from returning to his regiment right away?

4. Explain Henry's concern about walking with the wounded.

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

6. Explain how Henry perceives the men and wagons retreating from the battle.

7. Describe Henry's mental condition after his first experience in battle.

8. How does Henry mentally separate himself from other men?

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

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

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