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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What returns to Henry in his thoughts as he waits for orders?
(a) wondering about his mother
(b) the dark haired girl at his school
(c) the peacefulness of his home
(d) the mental and physical agonies he had suffered

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

4. What is the sound Henry hears as he fixes his eyes on a clump of trees?
(a) the sound of laoding rigles
(b) the Rebel yell
(c) the song of birds
(d) a low, growling sound

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

6. When the orders come, where is Henry's regiment gong?
(a) to circle around behind the Rebel army
(b) to join other regiments about to charge the Rebels
(c) back to base for more training
(d) to relieve another regiment in the trenches

7. Who do Henry and his friend overhear on the road?
(a) a wounded soldier begging another soldier to shoot him
(b) two of their regiment planning to desert
(c) the general and a major
(d) some Rebel officers

8. After getting his wound treated, what does Henry do?
(a) talks to a man by the fire
(b) sits and stares into the fire
(c) begs for food and drink
(d) tries to get some sleep

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

10. How is this charge a turning point for the regiment?
(a) They learn how to reload faster.
(b) They now see that it is possible to win.
(c) They refuse to fight again.
(d) They no longer fear death.

11. What causes the regiment to slow its advance against the Rebels?
(a) marshes
(b) canon fire
(c) exhaustion
(d) orders from the lieutenant

12. As Henry is observing the battle, what happens suddenly to frighten him?
(a) Dark waves of men sweep out of the woods coming toward him.
(b) A lieutenant rides up near where he is hiding.
(c) A bomb blast fall near him.
(d) Runaway horses begin to stampede.

13. Who is the officer who chastises the lieutenant?
(a) the one who carrys the battalion flag
(b) the one who advises the general
(c) the one who lost his horse
(d) the one who called them mule drivers

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

15. After the charge, how do the men know they are safe?
(a) They are ordered to return to the battalion.
(b) Scouts report that the Rebels have retreated.
(c) The birds return to the trees.
(d) The battle noises are now far away.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when the shooting starts?

3. As the Rebels bear down on them, how does Henry feel?

4. What conversation do the men have about the officer who called them mule drivers?

5. Once in position, what does Henry see?

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