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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Henry's moment of panic?
(a) He remembers thinking about running.
(b) He doesn't remember loading his rifle.
(c) He remembers he forgot to pray that morning.
(d) He is momentarily blinded by the smoke.

2. Once in position, what does Henry see?
(a) a long stretch of burned out forest
(b) a long stretch of cleared wood with flashes of rifle fire
(c) a row of Rebel canons aimed in his direction
(d) a long clearing with sandbag walls on the far side

3. What happens when Henry asks one of the soldiers what is happening?
(a) He is told to shut up and run.
(b) He gets stabbed with a bayonet.
(c) He is cursed as a deserter.
(d) He gets hit in the head with a rifle butt.

4. What other secret do Henry and his friend share?
(a) that not many of the regiment will survive the charge
(b) that after the charge they will be sent home
(c) that they will all receive medals for the charge
(d) that they will get extra pay for the charge

5. What does one young man of the battalion do at the first volley?
(a) He stands up.
(b) He vomits.
(c) He runs.
(d) He covers his head with both hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Henry about his head wound?

2. What does Henry see that is his first encounter with the reality of war?

3. In the charge, what gives Henry momentum to keep going?

4. What does Henry first blame for his guilty condition?

5. What becomes Henry's grandiose image of himself?

(see the answer key)

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