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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tattered man say about wounds you cannot see?
(a) that they are usually fatal
(b) that often they are the worst ones
(c) that they don't usually amount to much
(d) that they don't leave a scar

2. How does Henry imagine the battle sounds he hears at night?
(a) a red and green dragons
(b) as two panthers fighting
(c) as drums in a parade
(d) as thunder in the clouds

3. Where does Henry's mother think he could be put to better use than in the army?
(a) in the navy
(b) on the farm
(c) as a postman
(d) in a schoolroom

4. What do the officers expect to find among the men?
(a) desertion
(b) ignorance
(c) rebellion
(d) carelessness

5. What destroys Henry's rationalization about nature prompting him to run?
(a) some wounded soldiers rejoicing over the victory
(b) a rainstorm that comes up suddenly
(c) the sight of the dead man with the ants crawling over his skin
(d) a squirrel being eaten by a stray cat

Short Answer Questions

1. How does most of the regiment react to the news of their charge against the enemy?

2. When the orders come, where is Henry's regiment gong?

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

4. Why does Henry wipe his eyes with his coat sleeve?

5. What does Henry see his mother doing as he turns to look back?

(see the answer key)

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