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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How close is the enemy at this time?
(a) close enough to hear what they say
(b) close enough to see their faces
(c) close enough to fight hand to hand
(d) close enough to hit with a stone

2. What surprises Henry about his head wound?
(a) It is bleeding profusely.
(b) It has blurred his vision.
(c) It feels like he is going to die.
(d) It doesn't hurt as much as he thought it would.

3. What is Henry's resolve during the battle?
(a) to write everyting down
(b) to help the lieutenant
(c) to look for escape
(d) not to move

4. What effect does the report of the lieutenant's chastisement have on the troops?
(a) raises their hopes
(b) makes them laugh
(c) makes them resolved to do better next time
(d) lowers their morale

5. Why must they charge the Rebels?
(a) It is their only hope.
(b) They cannot retreat.
(c) They are surrounded.
(d) It is getting late in the day.

6. In the charge, what gives Henry momentum to keep going?
(a) the drums and bugles
(b) the shouts of the lieutenant
(c) the red, white, and blue flag
(d) the sport of the kill

7. How does Henry rationalize his railing at nature while he was on the run?
(a) He didn't really mean it.
(b) Hunger made him irrational.
(c) The doomed and the damned are allowed to do it.
(d) He had been confused and disoriented.

8. What happens that begins to wear on the men's nerves?
(a) hours of dead silence from the Rebels
(b) rain that fills the trenches with water
(c) continuing rifle fire with no let up
(d) catcalls and Rebel yells

9. What do Henry and his friend succeed in doing?
(a) setting fire to the enemy flag
(b) keeping their flag behind the lines
(c) taking the enemy flag
(d) killing the enemy colonel

10. As the men of the regiment fight like wild animals, what happens suddenly?
(a) Henry loses his rifle.
(b) Henry loses the flag.
(c) The Rebels disappear.
(d) Canons start firing.

11. Where does Henry take refuge?
(a) behind a small tree
(b) in a cave
(c) behind a dead soldier
(d) under a wagon

12. What does Wilson help Henry do?
(a) get treatment for his head injury
(b) get something to eat
(c) find another rifle
(d) locate a place to sleep

13. What does Henry hear in the early morning?
(a) thunder in the distance
(b) birds singing in the trees
(c) crickets chirping
(d) bugles in many camps

14. After the battle is over when Henry distinguished himself, what do he and his friend attempt to do?
(a) start a marching song
(b) keep out of sight
(c) help a wounded soldier
(d) inspire the troops

15. Who does Henry conclude would never rage at nature?
(a) a man who doesn't think too much
(b) a man with a full stomach and self-respect
(c) a man who believes in God
(d) a man who never makes mistakes

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the friend that Henry notices has changed since he last saw him?

2. When the colonel and other officers appear, what is he shouting?

3. After Henry plants the flag in the ground, what happens?

4. What is Henry's dark thought about the enemy?

5. What does the regiment know of the military machinery behind their orders to charge the Rebels?

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