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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the lieutenant order the complaining men to do?
(a) start moving closer to the enemy
(b) get some sleep
(c) be quiet and save their energy
(d) think good thoughts

2. What immobilizes Henry to prevent him for seeking out his regiment?
(a) He cannot make up his mind that he really wants to return.
(b) He no longer has a rifle and cannot go into battle to fight with his hands.
(c) He cannot imagine how to find his regiment in all the confusion.
(d) He cannot come up with a good story about where he has been.

3. As the Union soldiers get back into position, what is happening?
(a) The earth is shaking underneat them.
(b) Bugles are sounding loudly.
(c) Bullets are flying, shearing off blades of grass.
(d) Fire breaks out behind them.

4. What does Henry see that is his first encounter with the reality of war?
(a) destroyed fields
(b) the body of a dead soldier
(c) an abandoned canon
(d) wounded soldiers coming back the other way

5. How does Henry regard himself in comparison to the ones who stayed to fight?
(a) as physically weaker than the ones who stayed
(b) as being more stupid than his comrades
(c) as being more of a hero than they
(d) as having superior intellect

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Union soldiers do as the Rebels advance?

2. Who does Henry hope to impress one day?

3. How is Henry shooting and reloading as the Rebels arrive?

4. What does Henry realize could happen to him as he runs down the road?

5. How does the whole scene appear to Henry?

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