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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charley think of as he looks out at the battlefield?
(a) His mother
(b) Running away
(c) Reading the Bible
(d) His brother

2. What does Charley think he sees over the battlefield?
(a) Flags
(b) Fireworks
(c) Fireflies
(d) Angels

3. What protects Charley from an onslaught of bullets?
(a) Boulders
(b) Tree stumps
(c) A shack
(d) Dead bodies

4. What is Charley's demeanor during the battle?
(a) Fainting
(b) Composed
(c) Disoriented
(d) Aggressive

5. 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

6. In what state does Charley live?
(a) Maine
(b) Montana
(c) Michigan
(d) Minnesota

7. How does Charley perceive the enemy?
(a) In plain sight
(b) Surrounding him
(c) Hidden
(d) Running away

8. Which of the following did the Rebs not leave behind?
(a) Fires
(b) Cook pots
(c) Food
(d) Guns

9. What happens to the man next to Charley?
(a) He faints
(b) He charges blindly ahead
(c) His head is blown off
(d) He turns and runs away

10. What comforts does Charley especially appreciate on the train?
(a) New books and good food
(b) Comfortable beds and fine wine
(c) Comfortable beds and good food
(d) Chocolates and wine

11. Charley's mother advises him to _____________ before he gets shot.
(a) walk on home
(b) practice more
(c) run to the rear
(d) shoot

12. Where does Charley finally take cover?
(a) A grove of maple trees
(b) An abandoned house
(c) A chicken coop
(d) An old barn

13. What does a black lady give Charley at one train stop?
(a) A Bible
(b) A sweet roll
(c) A hanky
(d) A kiss

14. What do Charley and many other men do that embarrasses them?
(a) Cry
(b) Vomit
(c) Wet their pants
(d) Sing lullabies

15. Who drags the black lady back into the house?
(a) A minister
(b) A white woman
(c) A soldier
(d) A black man

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charley not note about the dead soldiers?

2. What are Charley's rations that night?

3. When officers tell the men they did a good job, Charley knows it is ________________.

4. How does Charley convince his mother to allow him to join the army?

5. What is the name of the first battle Charley is in?

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