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

2. Why does Charley go to the river?
(a) To fish.
(b) For a picnic.
(c) To wash his clothes.
(d) To meditate.

3. Charley basically acts like ___________________.
(a) a madman.
(b) there is no tomorrow.
(c) he is defeated.
(d) he is king of the world.

4. What does Charley contemplate as he sits on the riverbank?
(a) His mother.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Religion.
(d) Pretty girls.

5. What are Charley and a few other men ordered to do?
(a) Scout for the enemy
(b) Provide beef for the men
(c) Clean rifles
(d) Pitch more tents

Short Answer Questions

1. Charley has a ____________ that was carried by a Confederate officer.

2. As Charley waits for medical attention, he sees a large stack of __________________.

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

4. What occupies Charley's thoughts now?

5. What protection will Charley have in front of him in the upcoming battle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Charley mean when he thinks he is old in "meadows"?

3. What does Charley think as he watches the enemy soldiers fall and die?

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

5. How does Charley spend his first paycheck?

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

7. What is the date when Chapter 10 begins and where is Charley?

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

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

10. How do the men get whiskey?

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