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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Charley think at the end of the novel?
(a) God.
(b) Meadows.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) The nice things that happened at the beginning of the war.

2. What is the state of the war?
(a) The Union has won.
(b) It is still raging.
(c) The Confederates have won.
(d) It is in a truce.

3. Charley has a ____________ that was carried by a Confederate officer.
(a) pistol.
(b) Bible.
(c) knife.
(d) photo.

4. What happens when Charley gets a pass to see the sights?
(a) It rains and he returns to camp early
(b) He goes to a whorehouse
(c) He gets drunk
(d) He gets arrested

5. What state is Charley in during the battle?
(a) Hysteria
(b) Depression
(c) Melancholy
(d) Trance

6. In what town does Charley find himself in Chapter 9?
(a) Gettysburg.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Vicksburg.
(d) Atlanta.

7. Where is Charley in Chapter 10?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Minnesota.

8. Which of the following of Charley's items is not grazed by bullets?
(a) Clothing
(b) Rifle
(c) Knapsack
(d) Boots

9. What does Charley use to build a windbreak for the surgeon?
(a) Dead horses.
(b) Tents.
(c) A wall of frozen, dead bodies.
(d) Old barn planks.

10. Who is the new recruit who talks as if he knows what is going to happen in the battle?
(a) Newton
(b) Nelson
(c) Nick
(d) Newland

11. What season is approaching as the soldiers return to Washington?
(a) Winter
(b) Summer
(c) Spring
(d) Fall

12. Charley thinks he has a wound in his ________________.
(a) ankle
(b) leg
(c) back
(d) shoulder

13. How does Charley feel about the dying enemy soldiers?
(a) Angry.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Satisfied.
(d) Sorry.

14. Who is the new commander assigned to Charley's company?
(a) Chamberlain
(b) McClellan
(c) Longfellow
(d) Grant

15. What is the extent of Charley's wound?
(a) He has a head wound.
(b) He is not wounded.
(c) His leg has been grazed.
(d) He loses an arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charley do with the gun?

2. What does Charley feel his fate is?

3. What is the morale of the men as they wait in camp?

4. Which of the following does not describe Charley at this point in time?

5. For every one man who has died in battle, __________ men have died of dysentery.

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