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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What other duties does Charley handle?
(a) Running errands, fetching groceries, washing dishes.
(b) None -- he has no duties.
(c) Washing dishes, peeling potatoes, polishing shoes.
(d) Running errands, helping with maps, carrying water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Charley at the beginning of the story?

2. Silas Gorman says that Charlie has learned as much in two months as Silas learned in how long?

3. Which army was Charley in?

4. What does Silas Gorman want to do?

5. Who finally gives Charley a ride on his horse when the boy is too exhausted to walk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do most of the soldiers get off the train?

2. What does Con recommend that Charley do to become a soldier.

3. What happens to Charley's drum during the battle?

4. Who sneaks Charley onto the soldier's boat?

5. Who is the solder Charley meets on board the ship, who tries to help him?

6. What does Jem Miller warn Charley not to include in his letter to Noreen?

7. What does incorrigible mean?

8. How much does Charley earn in the Union Army, and what does he do with the money?

9. Why is Charley spooked when Silas takes him to practice near shallow Confederate graves?

10. What rank has Jem Miller been promoted to in Chapter 6?

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