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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jem say when Charley asks if drummers ever get shot?
(a) Jem refuses to answer the question.
(b) That they are supposed to be shot.
(c) That in the heat of battle, they sometimes are shot by accident.
(d) That there is no shooting in a battle.

2. What does Charley plan to do with some of the money he earns in the Union Army?
(a) Send it to Noreen.
(b) Send it to Michael Demarest.
(c) Send it to Granny Bent.
(d) Send it to his mother.

3. Which army was Charley in?
(a) The Union Army.
(b) The Army Corps of Engineers.
(c) The Salvation Army.
(d) The Confederate Army.

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

5. What does Charley do in the middle of the battle?
(a) He flies away.
(b) He stays rooted in place until the battle is over.
(c) He steals a horse.
(d) He runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charley do that first evening?

2. How much will Charley earn?

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

4. In Chapter 6, Charley has what new clothes?

5. The drummer boy's primary duty is what?

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