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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. Who is the lieutenant who gives Charley instructions?
(a) Owens
(b) Olafson
(c) Orville
(d) Olsen

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

3. What does Charley notice about the black people he sees?
(a) How shy they are
(b) How black they are
(c) How quiet they are
(d) How poor they are

4. Charley and his company board a boat bound for ______________.
(a) Eau Claire
(b) Minneapolis
(c) Chicago
(d) St. Paul

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the officers tell the men to do now?

2. What happens to the man next to Charley?

3. Who does Charley figure the person in #48 is?

4. Where are Charley and his comrades marching at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. Which of the following does not fit with Charley's description of the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the officers tell the men after the battle which Charley knows is a lie?

2. What is the setting of the book?

3. What is the obstacle to Charley's joining the army and how does he plan to overcome it?

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

5. How does Charley feel about the position of the Union in the war?

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

7. Describe Charley's military training.

8. What unusual sight does Charley see as he looks out over the battlefield that evening?

9. Why is Charley uncomfortable with the immoral behavior of his fellow soldiers?

10. What is Charley's perception of the army once the initial excitement has worn off?

(see the answer keys)

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