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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. What is Noreen's business?
(a) She bakes bread.
(b) She sews dresses for women.
(c) She designs suits for men.
(d) She decorates hats for women.

2. Who is Silas Gorman?
(a) Jem's best friend.
(b) Charley's replacement as a drummer boy.
(c) The current drummer boy, who will train Charley.
(d) Johnny's best friend.

3. Why did Con reenlist in the army?
(a) For the bonus money.
(b) For fun.
(c) Because he is patriotic.
(d) Because he is heroic.

4. Who is Marcus?
(a) The captain of the 140th regiment.
(b) A current slave who takes care of the horses.
(c) A slave owner who is in the Union Army.
(d) A former slave who oversees meal preparations.

5. On the train to the regiment, what does one man suggest they do with Charley?
(a) Send him home to grow.
(b) Teach him a lesson.
(c) Give him a hot air balloon.
(d) Make him a junior officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Charley's punishment for fighting?

2. Who is Michael Demarest?

3. What year is the novel set in?

4. Con says the only reason he returned Johnny's watch was why?

5. Where does the train stop to let most of the soldiers out?

(see the answer key)

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