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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 does one of Henry's tent mates ask him to do?
(a) to cover him while he rushes the line
(b) to say a prayer for him
(c) to get him to a medic
(d) to take a few things to his folks

2. What is Henry's last view of the tattered man?
(a) headed back the wrong way
(b) walking aimlessly in a field
(c) falling under the wheels of a caisson
(d) falling on his face in the road

3. How does Henry describe his months in camp?
(a) beneficial
(b) too short
(c) exciting
(d) monotonous

4. Who does Henry meet up with as he walks with the wounded?
(a) the pipe smoking comrade
(b) Jim, from his regiment
(c) the general he saw on a horse
(d) the lieutenant with the wounded hand

5. What does Henry's friend reply to his offer to help him walk?
(a) Leave me be.
(b) Others need help more than me.
(c) Help me sit down.
(d) Thanks, my friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henry begin to think it would be better to be killed?

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

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

4. Where does Henry go to collect his thoughts?

5. How does Henry begin to imagine himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe how Henry's doubts and questions linger as he waits in the camp.

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

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

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