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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the lieutenant do to the boy who tries to run away?
(a) lets him go
(b) shoots him
(c) beats him
(d) kicks him

3. How are Henry's comrades behaving in the face of imminent warfare?
(a) They give off airs of being fearless.
(b) They tell stoies about their bravery.
(c) They keep to themselves like Henry.
(d) They refuse to think about it.

4. What puts Henry to sleep the first night in the new camp?
(a) exhaustion from the day's march
(b) the voices of men gathered around a fire
(c) reflections of fire on the wall of his tent
(d) a soldier playing a harmonica

5. What does Henry wonder about seeing?
(a) the monster from which all these men were fleeing
(b) the bullet that will pierce his body
(c) the next sunrise
(d) the angel of death

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Henry delayed so many times from enlisting in the army?

2. How does Henry begin to imagine himself?

3. What unexpected action does Henry take?

4. How does Henry imagine the battle sounds he hears at night?

5. What are the running and retreating soldiers seeking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Henry's concern about walking with the wounded.

2. How does Henry assess the race to battle?

3. What does Henry decide nature has done with him?

4. How does Henry mentally separate himself from other men?

5. How does the tattered man put another face on the victims of war?

6. What is the first rumor that gets started as a result of the battle?

7. What is the symbolism of Henry's wounds being described as inner wounds?

8. How successful is Henry at comparing himself to other of the troops?

9. How is Henry's next encounter with the dead different from his stumbling upon the single dead soldier.

10. Describe the source of the rumor of going to battle the next day that goes through the camp.

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