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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the troops feeling as they are still on the move?
(a) The heat and fatigue are overwhelming,
(b) They can march like this for hours without resting.
(c) They have high hopes of reaching the front.
(d) They are happy and singing.

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

3. What do the Union soldiers do as the Rebels advance?
(a) say prayers
(b) ready their cartridges
(c) run for cover
(d) hold their breath

4. After walking around all morning, where does the regiment go?
(a) back to the same ground it had taken in the morning
(b) back to Washington D. C.
(c) over near the banks of a river
(d) back to the original camp

5. What does Henry imagine himself doing sometime in the future?
(a) telling his stories by candlelight in a parlor
(b) writing a book about his adventures
(c) lecturing young men on going to war
(d) training young soldiers in rifle shooting

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Henry always viewed himself in the world?

2. When Henry meets up with a wounded man, what does the man want to know?

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

4. How does the whole scene appear to Henry?

5. What rumor passing through the regiment begins the novel?

(see the answer key)

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