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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Charley's view of the Union cause?
(a) He agrees with some of it
(b) He has no opinion
(c) He agrees with most of it
(d) It is right

2. What does Charley not note about the dead soldiers?
(a) They lie at strange angles
(b) They are beginning to bloat
(c) They are covered with flies
(d) They are smiling

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

4. What do the soldiers have to march over as they head out to the battlefield?
(a) Fences
(b) Boulders
(c) Ravines
(d) Dead soldiers

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

6. What do the soldiers do when they run out of bullets for practice?
(a) Practice shooting and reloading with no bullets
(b) Practice marching
(c) Read the Bible
(d) Go on scouting expeditions

7. What is Charley's state of mind at this point in the battle?
(a) Angry and aggressive
(b) Shock and disbelief
(c) Calm and calculating
(d) Cowardly and scared

8. Who does Charley decide to follow?
(a) An officer on horseback
(b) The flag bearer
(c) A man who is marching toward the rear
(d) His sergeant

9. Why do the men not get to practice shooting too much?
(a) They do not want to alert the enemy to their locations
(b) The soldiers need other training first
(c) There is a shortage of ammunition
(d) There is a shortage of guns

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

11. What does Charley note about the farmers they pass in the fields?
(a) They don't have any farm tools
(b) They wear rags and live in shacks
(c) They are nearly naked
(d) They do not wave back

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

13. How is an officer's horse killed?
(a) Knife
(b) Cannon shot
(c) Bayonet
(d) Gun shot

14. Many of Charley's comrades are killed ____________________________.
(a) in one cannon blast
(b) in cold blood
(c) right in front of him
(d) before anyone on his side can even fire a shot

15. What did local families do the previous day?
(a) Had picnics and watched the battle
(b) Supplied fresh horses
(c) Buried the dead soldiers
(d) Helped the wounded men

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drags the black lady back into the house?

2. What is the date when the novel begins?

3. Which of the following did the Rebs not leave behind?

4. How long is the war supposed to last?

5. What color is Charley's new flannel shirt?

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