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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. How does Charley convince his mother to allow him to join the army?
(a) His father would have wanted him to
(b) It is the patriotic thing to do
(c) He owes it to Minnesota
(d) There is no real danger

2. What blurs Charley's vision?
(a) Tears
(b) Blood
(c) Sweat
(d) Gun smoke

3. What does Charley think of as he looks out at the battlefield?
(a) Reading the Bible
(b) Running away
(c) His brother
(d) His mother

4. For Charley at this point, the war is about ___________________.
(a) slavery
(b) right and wrong
(c) religion
(d) preservation of the Union

5. What happens on June 22, 1861?
(a) Charley is shot
(b) The war is over
(c) Charley goes AWOL
(d) Charley's unit is ordered to march to the river

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significant event for Charley in Chapter 4?

2. What does Charley notice about the black people he sees?

3. Why does Charley go to a nearby stream?

4. Charley's mother advises him to _____________ before he gets shot.

5. When do Charley and his mother think the war will be over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Charley's relationship with God during this battle?

2. Describe Charley's morning as he prepares for the second day of battle.

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

4. How is Charley caught up in the excitement of the possibility of a civil war?

5. How does Chapter 4 end?

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

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

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

9. What are the men told will happen tomorrow and what does Charley feel about it?

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

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