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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Silas Gorman, do drummer boys ever fight?
(a) Yes, that is their main job.
(b) No, drummer boys are only in songs.
(c) They aren't supposed to and don't have guns.
(d) There are no drummer boys.

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

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

4. Who is camped near the site where Silas Gorman and Charley practice the drums?
(a) Families on vacation.
(b) Indian tribes.
(c) Confederate soldiers.
(d) German soldiers.

5. The drummer boy's primary duty is what?
(a) Nothing, drummer boys don't have duties.
(b) Nothing, there are no drummer boys in the Union army.
(c) To send signals to the soldiers by beating his drum.
(d) To send signals to the soldiers by telegraph.

6. What street is Noreen's apartment on?
(a) Crystie Street.
(b) Wall Street.
(c) Fifth Avenue.
(d) Main Street.

7. Talking to Jem before the battle, Charley says that deserters are nothing but what?
(a) Brave men.
(b) Cowards.
(c) Reasonable.
(d) Seasick.

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

9. What do the Confederate soldiers do when they see the Union Army?
(a) They stop and play cards.
(b) They turn around and run away.
(c) They just stand there.
(d) They fire their guns.

10. When the Charley and the Union soldiers run after the Confederate soldiers, they run into what?
(a) A trap where they are caught in the crossfire.
(b) More Union soldiers.
(c) A dead end street.
(d) The ocean.

11. At the end of the boat trip, an officer tells Charlie that he can be what?
(a) The regiment's new drummer boy.
(b) A captain.
(c) A member of the ROTC.
(d) A soldier.

12. What gang was Charley's brother Johnny a member of before he joined the army?
(a) The Bronx Lads.
(b) The Dead Rabbits.
(c) The Bowery Boys.
(d) The Latin Kings.

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

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

15. Who does Charley meet again on the train?
(a) Silas Gorman.
(b) Con Sullivan.
(c) Jem Miller.
(d) General Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. The area where Silas Gorman takes Charley to practice the drums is near what?

2. Who is the drummer boy always supposed to remain close to?

3. The Confederate office urges Charley to run away in what direction?

4. What does Colonel Ayers says will happen to anyone who runs away during battle?

5. What happens to Charley's drum in the fighting?

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