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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. What begins happening all around Henry?

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

3. As the Rebels bear down on them, how does Henry feel?

4. Coming to his senses, what does Henry realize?

5. When the Rebels charge them again, how does Henry now feel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe what startles Henry when he wakes up the following morning.

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

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. How does Henry distinguish himself that day?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay about advertisements for young men and women to join the military. Give your opinion on that as a recruitment process. Include how the attractiveness of the advertisement does not include the realities of being ordered into a war zone.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about finding the good that comes out of bad situations. Explain how the Civil War, one of the darkest hours in our history, resulted in a strong unified Republic. In your essay explain what might have happened if the South had succeeded in seceding from the Union.

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