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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some of the men move back frantically?

2. What is the sound Henry hears as he fixes his eyes on a clump of trees?

3. What conversation do the men have about the officer who called them mule drivers?

4. As the regiment weakens, what is the effect on the lieutenant?

5. What happens when the shooting starts?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the battle begins as Henry's regiment begins the charge.

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

3. Explain why Henry and his friend went to find a stream.

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

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

6. How was Henry's reception back in the unit better than what he had hoped for?

7. How does Henry eventually get back to his regiment?

8. What action does Henry take when the regiment begins to show signs of running down?

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

10. What does this battle prove about the regiment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about symbols that move people emotionally or cause them to act honorably. In your essay discuss symbols that particularly move you. Describe how such symbols cause reactions in people to whom they have special meaning.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the difficulty of keeping guilty secrets. Using Henry's second encounter with the tattered man, write about how hard it is to keep secrets when there are countless unanswered questions. Include why people often try to hide the truth and why it usually comes to the surface eventually anyway.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the emotional impact of coming up on an unexpected scene of tragedy. In your essay discuss how this happens frequently when people discover dead bodies. Include the trauma that is likely to occur to the person who finds such a ghastly thing. Add to that the immobilizing effect of such a discovery and the probable reasons it is difficult to tear one's eyes away from it.

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