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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Henry sees a man in front of him drop his rifle and run away?
(a) He takes a bullet in the arm.
(b) He panics and runs too.
(c) He yells for the lieutenant.
(d) He shoots the man in the back.

5. What does it feel like to Henry as he waits for the Rebels to charge?
(a) like waiting for a parade to start when the circus comes to his village
(b) like what he imagines the judgment day is like
(c) like being buried alive
(d) like suffocating in a vat of oil

Short Answer Questions

1. What puts Henry to sleep the first night in the new camp?

2. Where is Henry's regiment the morning he expects to be his first battle?

3. What destroys Henry's rationalization about nature prompting him to run?

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

5. At twilight after running aimlessly in the woods, what sound does Henry hear?

(see the answer key)

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