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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Con refuse to pay Charley's boat fare home?
(a) Because he likes Charley too much.
(b) Because he has lost all his money gambling.
(c) Because he is seasick.
(d) Because it is Tuesday.

2. What has Jem done with the money he had?
(a) Lost it all gambling.
(b) Given it to Charley.
(c) Spent it.
(d) Left it with his wife.

3. Where is the headquarters of the 140th regiment?
(a) In the Virginia Hotel.
(b) In Chicago.
(c) In Washington, D.C.
(d) In the Maryland Hotel.

4. Charley tells Con that Michael has threatened to send him where?
(a) Home to bed.
(b) To the library.
(c) To the swimming pool.
(d) To an orphanage.

5. Why does Charley think he knows how to fire a gun in battle?
(a) Because Doreen taught him.
(b) Because he has watched Michael do it.
(c) Because he has fired toy guns in the arcade in New York.
(d) Because Johnny taught him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What war does Charley find himself swept into?

2. What is Noreen's business?

3. On board the ship, Charley learns that you must be how old to be a soldier?

4. What is the nickname for a New York police officer in the novel?

5. What is Charley's biggest goal in joining the regiment?

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