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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. After Henry plants the flag in the ground, what happens?
(a) The regiment loses heart and waits to die.
(b) The Rebel charge comes near enough for Henry to look them in the eye.
(c) The regiment is uplifted by the sight of the flag and charges ahead.
(d) Henry is shot but he refuses to fall.

2. What conversation do the men have about the officer who called them mule drivers?
(a) How if they are the drivers, he is the mule.
(b) How he ever got to be an officer.
(c) What a stupid man he is.
(d) What they would do to him if they got the chance.

3. What does Henry recall while waiting for marching orders?
(a) the yellow envelope
(b) the corpses in the field
(c) Jim Conklin's death
(d) the dead soldier

4. What happens when Henry asks one of the soldiers what is happening?
(a) He is told to shut up and run.
(b) He is cursed as a deserter.
(c) He gets hit in the head with a rifle butt.
(d) He gets stabbed with a bayonet.

5. Why is Henry only watching the action in this latest battle?
(a) His head wound is bothering him.
(b) He has lost his weapon.
(c) He is still carrying the flag.
(d) He is paralyzed by fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Coming to his senses, what does Henry realize?

2. What does Henry learn about other men in his regiment?

3. What do the officers expect to find among the men?

4. What happens as the smoke begins to clear?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry distinguish himself that day?

2. What action does Henry take when the regiment begins to show signs of running down?

3. How was Henry's reception back in the unit better than what he had hoped for?

4. Thinking ahead, what image comes to Henry's mind?

5. Describe how the battle begins as Henry's regiment begins the charge.

6. What does Henry observe as weariness comes over his comrades?

7. How does Henry eventually get back to his regiment?

8. As they wait in the trenches, what happens to the silence?

9. How has Wilson changed since the first days of military camp?

10. What elates Henry and his friend as they are resting safely with the regiment?

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