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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry see his mother doing as he turns to look back?
(a) praying and quivering
(b) washing clothes
(c) waving good-bye
(d) hitching up the plow horse

2. What do some of the soldiers do to make marching easier?
(a) hold hands
(b) make jokes
(c) whistle
(d) shed their knapsacks

3. Who impresses Henry when he stops by the school to say good-bye?
(a) the school master
(b) the boys on the playground
(c) a dark haired girl
(d) the mayor of the town

4. What happens when a huge swarm of soldiers retreats with stragglers heading every which way?
(a) the sun sets
(b) their tones change
(c) they move to replace them
(d) the fog lifts

5. What is the feeling among the regiment?
(a) They will have to fight on empty stomachs today.
(b) The Union soldiers will all be massacred.
(c) The battle will take weeks.
(d) The Rebels will be defeated in no time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What follows the men returning from the battlefield?

2. Against whom does Henry develop a particular anger?

3. What makes Henry believe that at last his chance to prove himself has come?

4. What is the pipe smoking friend's reply when Henry asks if he might run away from battle?

5. Where does Henry go to collect his thoughts?

(see the answer key)

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