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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Henry begin to think it would be better to be killed?
(a) to teach a lesson to the lieutenant
(b) to get some rest
(c) to have his troubles ended
(d) to escape his duty

2. How does Henry describe his months in camp?
(a) exciting
(b) too short
(c) monotonous
(d) beneficial

3. Where is Henry's regiment the morning he expects to be his first battle?
(a) near a small Southern village
(b) on an open field
(c) on the banks of a river
(d) among the trees at the edge of a grove

4. What makes Henry believe that at last his chance to prove himself has come?
(a) Many officers ride into camp from the front.
(b) The regiment is ordered to move.
(c) Sounds of battle get near the camp.
(d) Extra firing practice is ordered.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the horror personified among Henry's regiment?

2. Why has Henry delayed so many times from enlisting in the army?

3. When they stop running, what do the men begin to build?

4. What does Henry's mother do for him before he leaves?

5. What does Henry wonder about seeing?

(see the answer key)

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