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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When the Rebels charge them again, how does Henry now feel?
(a) confident
(b) afraid again
(c) alarmed
(d) indifferent
2. What is Henry's resolve during the battle?
(a) to help the lieutenant
(b) to look for escape
(c) not to move
(d) to write everyting down
3. What effect does the report of the lieutenant's chastisement have on the troops?
(a) makes them laugh
(b) makes them resolved to do better next time
(c) raises their hopes
(d) lowers their morale
4. What happens as the smoke begins to clear?
(a) The bugles sound another charge.
(b) The men begin to cheer.
(c) The Rebels are charging Henry's regiment.
(d) Henry lets go of the flag.
5. Who does Henry hope to impress one day?
(a) the people who live around his farm
(b) the students at his old school
(c) his mother and the dark haired girl
(d) his mother and her pastor
6. When the orders come, where is Henry's regiment gong?
(a) to circle around behind the Rebel army
(b) back to base for more training
(c) to relieve another regiment in the trenches
(d) to join other regiments about to charge the Rebels
7. What happens when the shooting starts?
(a) The Rebels jump up and run.
(b) Henry runs away again.
(c) A bugle sounds retreat.
(d) Men on the front line begin falling.
8. Why must they charge the Rebels?
(a) It is getting late in the day.
(b) It is their only hope.
(c) They are surrounded.
(d) They cannot retreat.
9. How is this charge a turning point for the regiment?
(a) They refuse to fight again.
(b) They now see that it is possible to win.
(c) They no longer fear death.
(d) They learn how to reload faster.
10. How does Henry feel about the enemy?
(a) that they give up too easily
(b) that they never seem to tire
(c) that there are so many of them
(d) that they are better shots than the Union soldiers
11. How do the men react to the approach of the Rebel forces?
(a) looking around for ways of escape
(b) quaking in their boots
(c) darting around to be more difficult targets
(d) mostly standing still as though tied to stakes
12. How does Henry rationalize his railing at nature while he was on the run?
(a) The doomed and the damned are allowed to do it.
(b) He had been confused and disoriented.
(c) He didn't really mean it.
(d) Hunger made him irrational.
13. Who is the friend that Henry notices has changed since he last saw him?
(a) the loud soldier
(b) the singing soldier
(c) the tall soldier
(d) the joking soldier
14. What does Wilson help Henry do?
(a) get treatment for his head injury
(b) get something to eat
(c) locate a place to sleep
(d) find another rifle
15. After the battle is over when Henry distinguished himself, what do he and his friend attempt to do?
(a) start a marching song
(b) inspire the troops
(c) keep out of sight
(d) help a wounded soldier
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the sound Henry hears as he fixes his eyes on a clump of trees?
2. What seems to be happening to Henry's perception as the shooting starts?
3. What are the men doing in the forest as Henry nears his regiment?
4. After the charge, how do the men know they are safe?
5. What does Henry imagine himself doing sometime in the future?
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