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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 do the soldiers build when they return to camp in Washington?
(a) Veterans homes
(b) Log shelters
(c) Hospital
(d) Train station

2. Who calls to Charley when he is on guard duty one night?
(a) His mother
(b) General McClellan
(c) A Rebel soldier
(d) President Lincoln

3. What is the state of the war?
(a) The Confederates have won.
(b) It is still raging.
(c) It is in a truce.
(d) The Union has won.

4. Officers are the only ones allowed to have _______________.
(a) whores
(b) daggers
(c) weekend passes
(d) whiskey

5. A portion of the ____________ in Charley's regiment is destroyed.
(a) cavalry.
(b) artillery.
(c) rifles.
(d) ammunition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is rumored about McClellan?

2. Charley basically acts like ___________________.

3. What is the extent of Charley's wound?

4. Charley feels he is old, not in age but in _______________.

5. Which of the following does Charley not see on the farms surrounding Washington?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disease does Charley come down with while waiting in camp?

2. What is life like for Charley and his company after they return to camp in Washington?

3. Why are Charley and some other men ordered to slaughter horses?

4. Explain the range of Charley's thoughts as he sits by the river.

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

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

7. What is the setting for Chapter 9?

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

9. What is Charley's initial experience like at camp in Washington?

10. What should Charley's life be like now that he is 21-years-old?

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