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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. What does one young man of the battalion do at the first volley?
(a) He runs.
(b) He stands up.
(c) He covers his head with both hands.
(d) He vomits.

2. What do the Union soldiers do as the Rebels advance?
(a) run for cover
(b) hold their breath
(c) ready their cartridges
(d) say prayers

3. Where does the bullet hit the lieutenant?
(a) in the chest
(b) in his leg
(c) in his hand
(d) in the head

4. What does Henry's mother do for him before he leaves?
(a) knits him some socks
(b) brushes his uniform
(c) bakes him some cookies
(d) cuts his hair

5. What causes Henry's moment of panic?
(a) He remembers he forgot to pray that morning.
(b) He remembers thinking about running.
(c) He is momentarily blinded by the smoke.
(d) He doesn't remember loading his rifle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry describe his months in camp?

2. What becomes Henry's grandiose image of himself?

3. What is the pipe smoking friend's reply when Henry asks if he might run away from battle?

4. What warning does Henry's mother give her son?

5. What puts Henry to sleep the first night in the new camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what goes through Henry's mind as he contemplates going into battle.

2. Describe Henry as he waits for the advancing Rebel army.

3. What does Henry want to do when he happens upon a general astride a magnificent horse?

4. What motivates Henry to run back the way he had come?

5. Describe how the men began to shed their knapsacks.

6. What makes Henry think the time has come for him to find out about himself?

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

8. Explain how Henry perceives the men and wagons retreating from the battle.

9. What is the reality of the situation during this first battle?

10. How does the camp react to the rumor of going to war tomorrow?

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