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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. What state is Charley in during the battle?

2. Officers are the only ones allowed to have _______________.

3. What is the nickname for the Southern secessionists?

4. What animals do Charley and the men slaughter for meat?

5. About what does Charley think at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is different for Charley as he prepares to go into this battle?

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

4. What is the men's opinions of General McClellan?

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

6. How do the men get whiskey?

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

8. What is the setting for Chapter 9?

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

10. What is the state of Charley's mental and physical health?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of a meadow for Charley? What does he mean by not old in years but old in "meadows"? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Charley doesn't really think about slavery until he sees a black person for the first time while on the train to camp. What does Charley think is the cause of the war in which he wants to fight? What are his reasons for going?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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