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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what war does Charley want to fight?

2. What does Charley feel like on the train?

3. What blurs Charley's vision?

4. What is Charley's opinion of the other soldiers?

5. Charley wonders if the slaves ____________________ when the North wins the war.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the premise of this book?

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

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

5. When does Charley see black people for the first time and what are this thoughts?

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

7. What do Charley and the other soldiers believe their role will be in the war, if there really is a war?

8. How does Charley spend the night after his first day in battle?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author provides very vivid accounts of battles and Charley's life in camp and in the hospital. What do you think it would take to survive such an ordeal? What other than the potential for being shot for desertion, forces Charley to remain a loyal soldier?

Essay Topic 2

What is Charley's state of mind during his first battle, the Battle of Bull Run? How does he exhibit physically what is going on with him emotionally and mentally? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

At what point does Charley's disillusionment with war begin to set in? Do you think Charley and his comrades would sometimes prefer battle to the monotony of boring days in camp? Explain.

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