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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 is the significant event for Charley in Chapter 4?
(a) He is wounded
(b) He gets married
(c) He returns home
(d) He is in his first battle

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

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

4. What is the date when the novel begins?
(a) June, 1965
(b) June, 1916
(c) June, 1861
(d) June, 1951

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the soldiers do when they run out of bullets for practice?

2. When is Charley awakened?

3. What does Charley feel like on the train?

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

5. What does Charley note about the farmers they pass in the fields?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of the book?

2. Describe Charley's military training.

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

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

5. How does Chapter 4 end?

6. Describe the horrible sights Charley encounters while marching over dead bodies into battle.

7. What happens to Lieutenant Olafson and what is Charley's reaction?

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

9. What are Charley's impressions about riding the train?

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

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