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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 do the officers expect to find among the men?
(a) rebellion
(b) desertion
(c) ignorance
(d) carelessness

2. What is Henry's dark thought about the enemy?
(a) to see them run in terror
(b) to see their families weep over their bodies
(c) to see their faces contorted in fear
(d) to see them swallowed up by the earth

3. How does Henry feel about the enemy?
(a) that there are so many of them
(b) that they give up too easily
(c) that they never seem to tire
(d) that they are better shots than the Union soldiers

4. What does Henry learn about other men in his regiment?
(a) They had wanted to surrender.
(b) They had stayed at the front the longest.
(c) They, too, got separated and are returning.
(d) They were ambushed and many of them killed.

5. What happens when the shooting starts?
(a) Henry runs away again.
(b) Men on the front line begin falling.
(c) A bugle sounds retreat.
(d) The Rebels jump up and run.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the men doing in the forest as Henry nears his regiment?

2. What seems to be happening to Henry's perception as the shooting starts?

3. After Henry plants the flag in the ground, what happens?

4. What surprises Henry about his head wound?

5. What effect does the report of the lieutenant's chastisement have on the troops?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Henry saved from having to tell a made-up story about his wound and separation from the group?

2. During the next wave of battle, describe Henry's actions.

3. Tell what Henry and his friend overheard on the way back from the fruitless search for water.

4. Thinking ahead, what image comes to Henry's mind?

5. As they wait in the trenches, what happens to the silence?

6. What do Henry and his friend manage to do that boosts the morale of the Union forces to make the Rebels retreat?

7. What elates Henry and his friend as they are resting safely with the regiment?

8. Where does Henry's regiment go and why?

9. What does Henry do to prevent Wilson from being reminded of how scared he was earlier?

10. What prompts the regiment to drive on in the charge?

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