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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Climbing over a fence, what does Henry discover?
(a) a cow he can milk to get something to fill his stomach
(b) a small group of other deserters
(c) the ground littered with the bodies of the dead and wounded
(d) a field of tall corn he can hide in

2. Running down the road, what is Henry trying to do?
(a) to keep his head down
(b) to load his rifle
(c) to keep up with the other men
(d) to find out what is happening

3. What new fear rises in Henry as the result of the tattered man's question about his wounds?
(a) that he might get wounded like him
(b) that the man knows he is a deserter
(c) that he will be sent back to the front
(d) that he will be found out

4. Why is Henry jealous of the men leaving the battlefield?
(a) He realizes he would have been one of them.
(b) He imagines they are the chosen ones.
(c) He sees them leaving without shame.
(d) He imagines they will get medals.

5. 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 yells for the lieutenant.
(c) He shoots the man in the back.
(d) He panics and runs too.

6. What does Henry think the lieutenant is lacking?
(a) any appreciation for fine minds
(b) his horse
(c) a loaded rifle
(d) a plan of attack

7. As the noise of the battle grows louder, what does Henry see that confuses him?
(a) the Rebels being pushed back
(b) fewer wounded
(c) men leaving the battlefield
(d) a chance to slip back in unnoticed

8. What is Henry's reply when the tattered man asks again about his wounds?
(a) that he was knocked unconscious and his head hurts
(b) that his wound is under his shirt and the bandages stopped the bleeding
(c) that his wound is a broken hand that cannot fire a gun
(d) that he doesn't want to talk about it

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

10. What awakens Henry one morning?
(a) a fire in the camp
(b) a kick in the leg
(c) an explosion
(d) a bugle

11. How has Henry always viewed himself in the world?
(a) as different from other men
(b) as unimportant and useless
(c) as less intelligent than others
(d) as one who always follows orders

12. How does Henry begin to feel about the battle he had been in?
(a) that it was only a minor incident
(b) that it was far more dnagerous than what he ran from
(c) that he had not understood the danger
(d) that it had all been a dream

13. At twilight after running aimlessly in the woods, what sound does Henry hear?
(a) the sound of cattle returning to their barns
(b) the sound of squirrels chattering in the trees
(c) the sound of singing and dnacing
(d) the sound of resuming battle

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

15. How does Henry begin to imagine himself?
(a) lying dead on a battlefield
(b) as a leader to end all wars
(c) receiving a special commendation
(d) becoming a wise general

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Henry realize about the tattered man?

3. What question begins to disturb Henry before he goes to battle?

4. What happens the morning after the rumor of going to war was circulated around the regiment?

5. As a victim of nature, what does Henry feel he is being denied?

(see the answer keys)

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