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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. On board the ship, Charley learns that you must be how old to be a soldier?
(a) 9.
(b) 16.
(c) 25.
(d) 12.

2. Con abandons Charley to do what on board the ship?
(a) Drink and gamble.
(b) Read and write.
(c) Write letters home.
(d) Smoke and dance.

3. On the ship, Charley notices that Con has what item that belonged to someone else?
(a) Charley's shoes.
(b) Johnny's knife.
(c) Jem's watch.
(d) Doreen's scissors.

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

5. On the train to the regiment, the men tease Charley. How old do they guess he is?
(a) 12 years old.
(b) 9 or 10 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 5 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Con's last name?

2. At the end of the boat trip, an officer tells Charlie that he can be what?

3. Con tells Charley that he can become what?

4. What does Con say about his treatment of Charley?

5. What gang was Charley's brother Johnny a member of before he joined the army?

(see the answer key)

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