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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. Where do the men set up camp in Chapter 6?
(a) Washington
(b) Raleigh
(c) Baltimore
(d) Atlanta

2. What is the morale of the men as they wait in camp?
(a) High
(b) Anxious
(c) Deteriorating
(d) Resigned

3. What happens to men who are caught deserting?
(a) They are sent home
(b) They are given hard labor
(c) They are shot
(d) They have to dig latrines

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Charley cannot bring himself to shoot at the ______________.

2. What does Charley use to build a windbreak for the surgeon?

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

4. What soon begins to pelt at Charley?

5. What do the soldiers build when they return to camp in Washington?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the battle end for Charley?

2. Why does Charley find the job of slaughtering the horses so repugnant?

3. What is the nature of the wound Charley sustains in Chapter 8?

4. Describe Charley's unexpected and pleasant encounter with a Confederate soldier.

5. How does the Battle of Gettysburg begin for Charley and his company?

6. What are some of the very familiar things that Charley experiences as he heads into this battle?

7. How do Charley and his comrades differ in their opinions about the possibility of any more battles?

8. What is meant by "farming" in the context of Chapter 6?

9. What job does a surgeon ask Charley to do?

10. What is the foreshadowing of the meadow in Chapter 8?

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