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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Charley wonders if the slaves ____________________ when the North wins the war.
(a) will get homes
(b) will be freed or not
(c) will get voters rights
(d) will get educations

2. How much would Charley earn as a soldier?
(a) $11 a month
(b) $300 week
(c) $10 week
(d) $1500 month

3. What do the officers tell the men to do now?
(a) Rest
(b) Pitch tents
(c) Retreat
(d) Bury the dead

4. What does Charely observe more and more of his comrades doing?
(a) Using foul language
(b) Going to whorehouses
(c) Stealing food
(d) Stealing guns

5. How does Charley feel about the food in camp?
(a) It is pretty good
(b) It is tolerable
(c) It is the best he's ever had
(d) It is horrible

6. Which of the following is not part of the uniform Charley is issued?
(a) Gray socks
(b) Epaulets
(c) Black pants
(d) Hat

7. What is Charley's opinion of the other soldiers?
(a) He does not like them
(b) He is warming up to them
(c) He is afraid of them
(d) He thinks it is too early to tell

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

9. Where does Charley see his first black people?
(a) Kentucky
(b) South Carolina
(c) Maryland
(d) Ohio

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

11. Charley wonders how the men can line up and wait __________________________.
(a) to be slaughtered
(b) for so long
(c) for commands
(d) for daybreak

12. Charley learns how to march and __________________.
(a) carry a rifle
(b) dress wounds
(c) pitch a tent
(d) cook

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

14. When is Charley awakened?
(a) Just before dawn
(b) Mid afternoon
(c) Sunrise
(d) Midnight

15. Which of the following is not an appeal for Charley?
(a) Getting a uniform
(b) Getting a musket
(c) Marching in the heat
(d) Fighting like a man

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items does Charley's mother not pack for him to take with him?

2. Where does Charley finally take cover?

3. Charley thinks the train ride is ______________________.

4. What do the soldiers do when they run out of bullets for practice?

5. How old does Charley say he is when he reaches Fort Snelling?

(see the answer keys)

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