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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 describes the noises Henry hears coming from the Rebels?
(a) pipes and harmonicas
(b) snarls, prayers, and cheers
(c) curses and cries of pain
(d) songs and drum beats

2. What happens to Henry physically as he marches on toward the battle?
(a) He falls and breaks an arm.
(b) He trips over a dead soldier.
(c) He aches from pain, thirst, and hunger.
(d) He becomes nauseated.

3. Who catches up to Henry after Jim Conklin dies?
(a) the field doctor
(b) the lieutenant
(c) the tattered man
(d) the general

4. As the Union soldiers get back into position, what is happening?
(a) The earth is shaking underneat them.
(b) Bullets are flying, shearing off blades of grass.
(c) Fire breaks out behind them.
(d) Bugles are sounding loudly.

5. What rumor passing through the regiment begins the novel?
(a) that Rebs have surrounded the camp
(b) that they will fight tomorrow
(c) that Lincoln has been shot
(d) that the war is over

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the troops feeling as they are still on the move?

2. How does Henry's question about his bravery continue?

3. After walking around all morning, where does the regiment go?

4. At what is Henry's anger directed during the battle?

5. What is Henry's initial reaction to the results of his first battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Henry's moment of panic.

2. How does Henry realize things are not going as they should?

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

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

5. After convincing himself that it was a law of nature for men and animals to run from danger, explain how his theory is proved to be untrue.

6. How does the tattered man put another face on the victims of war?

7. What motivates Henry to run back the way he had come?

8. What is the first rumor that gets started as a result of the battle?

9. What does Henry want to do when he happens upon a general astride a magnificent horse?

10. What is the symbolism of Henry's wounds being described as inner wounds?

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