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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the water in the stream?
(a) Pink
(b) Green
(c) Clear
(d) Blue

2. What are Charley's rations that night?
(a) Cheese and berries
(b) Dried bread and raw salt pork
(c) Dried bread and berries
(d) Bacon and coffee

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

4. After the initial excitement, Charley finds camp to be _______________.
(a) frightening
(b) boring
(c) thrilling
(d) amazing

5. Where does Charley's company board a train?
(a) Chicago, Illinois
(b) La Crosse, Wisconsin
(c) Peoria, Illinois
(d) Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

7. What does Charley contemplate when he sees the black people?
(a) What songs they sing
(b) What they eat
(c) What religion they are
(d) What slavery is really like

8. What is Charley's last name?
(a) Goodacre
(b) Goddard
(c) Gotchell
(d) Godfrey

9. What does Charley feel like on the train?
(a) Scared
(b) Orphan
(c) Slave
(d) Royalty

10. Where are Charley and his comrades marching at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Across an open field
(b) Through a small town
(c) Across a stream
(d) Around a mountain

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

12. Which of the following items does Charley's mother not pack for him to take with him?
(a) Apple pie
(b) Cold potatoes
(c) Roasted chicken
(d) Bread

13. Which of the following does not fit with Charley's description of the train?
(a) Noisy
(b) Gourmet food
(c) Leather seats
(d) Fancy appointments

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charley call his mother?

2. What happens to the lieutenant after he talks to Charley?

3. What is Charley's demeanor during the battle?

4. What does Charley think of as he looks out at the battlefield?

5. What is Charley's opinion of the other soldiers?

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