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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 Henry know that the Union forces had won this second battle?
(a) When the gunshots stopped, the Union was not in retreat.
(b) He overheard a cavalryman talking about it.
(c) He could hear their cheers from where he stood.
(d) He could see it from the tree he had climbed.

2. What puts Henry to sleep the first night in the new camp?
(a) the voices of men gathered around a fire
(b) a soldier playing a harmonica
(c) reflections of fire on the wall of his tent
(d) exhaustion from the day's march

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

4. What does Henry's mother do for him before he leaves?
(a) bakes him some cookies
(b) cuts his hair
(c) brushes his uniform
(d) knits him some socks

5. 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 becomes nauseated.
(d) He aches from pain, thirst, and hunger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Henry's last view of the tattered man?

3. What does Henry's friend reply to his offer to help him walk?

4. What causes Henry's moment of panic?

5. What is Henry's reply when the tattered man asks again about his wounds?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain why Henry wanted to stop and observe the dead soldier.

3. Discuss Henry's moment of panic.

4. How is Henry's next encounter with the dead different from his stumbling upon the single dead soldier.

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

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

7. What makes Henry think the time has come for him to find out about himself?

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

9. 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.

10. Describe Henry as he waits for the advancing Rebel army.

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