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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Con?
(a) Noreen's fiance.
(b) Charley's father.
(c) A friend of Johnny's and fellow soldier.
(d) A truck driver.

3. The area where Silas Gorman takes Charley to practice the drums is near what?
(a) Shallow graves of Japanese soldiers.
(b) Shallow graves of Confederate soldiers.
(c) Cows in a pasture.
(d) Shallow graves of Indians.

4. In his letter, Charley tells Noreen what?
(a) To worry about Johnny.
(b) Not to worry about him.
(c) To worry about him.
(d) To worry about Con.

5. What happens to Jem in the battle?
(a) He is shot in the arm and wounded.
(b) He is shot in the forehead and dies.
(c) He is promoted to captain.
(d) He gets a new uniform.

6. What is Con's last name?
(a) Hall.
(b) Witherspoon.
(c) Sullivan.
(d) Homer.

7. After getting off the boat, how does Charley get to headquarters?
(a) On a bus.
(b) On another boat.
(c) On a train.
(d) On a helicopter.

8. How old is Charley at the beginning of the story?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

9. Jem says that other soldiers believe what?
(a) That soldiers never die.
(b) That each battle they survive makes it less likely they will die.
(c) That each battle they survive makes it more likely they will die in the next.
(d) That Union soldiers never die.

10. Before the shooting starts, what does Charlie plan to do in his first battle?
(a) Keep drumming and nothing else.
(b) Hide in the bushes.
(c) Grab someone else's rifle and fight heroically, like Johnny.
(d) Burst out crying and get sent home.

11. On the long march to battle, Charley becomes what?
(a) Less stressed-out than before.
(b) More relaxed than ever.
(c) Very, very tired.
(d) Very happy.

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

13. Who is Noreen?
(a) Charley's mother.
(b) Charley's aunt.
(c) Charley's sister.
(d) Charley's girlfriend.

14. On the way home, Charley gets into a fight with a member of what rival gang?
(a) The Dead Rabbits.
(b) The Bowery Boys.
(c) The Latin Kings.
(d) The Crips.

15. What does Michael Demarest threaten to do with Charley?
(a) Make him join the army.
(b) Adopt him.
(c) Send him to a home for incorrigibles.
(d) Send him to war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the wounded solder that Charley sees in the battle?

2. What does Charley say in his letter to Noreen?

3. Which countries fought in the Civil War?

4. When the Charley and the Union soldiers run after the Confederate soldiers, they run into what?

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

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