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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Toward Manassas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charley call his mother?
(a) Mama
(b) Mother
(c) Mom
(d) Ma

2. Charley thinks the train ride is ______________________.
(a) an appointment with destiny
(b) the best time he's ever had
(c) a great way to start a war
(d) a waste of time

3. What concerns Charley about his comrades' behavior?
(a) They don't read the Bible
(b) Foul language and immoral thinking
(c) Petty thefts
(d) They don't write letters to their mothers

4. What prevents Charley from enlisting in the army?
(a) He cannot get his mother's permission
(b) He is flat-footed
(c) He is too small
(d) He is too young

5. What happens on June 22, 1861?
(a) Charley's unit is ordered to march to the river
(b) The war is over
(c) Charley is shot
(d) Charley goes AWOL

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Charley's company board a train?

2. What does Charley note about the farmers they pass in the fields?

3. What does Charley notice about the black people he sees?

4. After the initial excitement, Charley finds camp to be _______________.

5. Charley wonders if the slaves ____________________ when the North wins the war.

(see the answer key)

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