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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the lumps on the ground that Charley sees on the battlefield?
(a) Horses
(b) Boulders
(c) Knapsacks
(d) Dead bodies

2. The rifles are inaccurate and can seldom hit a target at ______________ yards.
(a) 100
(b) 75
(c) 50
(d) 25

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

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

5. What sound does Charley find frightening?
(a) Bullets whizzing by
(b) Men screaming
(c) Birds squawking
(d) Horses groaning

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Charley's company board a train?

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

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

4. How much would Charley earn as a soldier?

5. What is the name of Charley's brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Charley's impressions of the poor Southerners he sees from the train?

2. What is Charley's experience in the battle of Bull Run?

3. What is the main content of Charley's mother's letters to him?

4. How does Charley spend the night after his first day in battle?

5. What role does the issue of slavery play in Charley's perceptions about the war?

6. How does the author show Charley's inexperience and immaturity during the battle?

7. How does Chapter 4 end?

8. Describe the scenario of the black woman giving a sweet roll to Charley.

9. When does Charley see black people for the first time and what are this thoughts?

10. How do Charley and his mother come to terms with his going to war?

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