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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henry advised to avoid putting pressure on his head wound?

2. What is Henry's act of bravery?

3. What returns to Henry in his thoughts as he waits for orders?

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

5. How does most of the regiment react to the news of their charge against the enemy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Henry saved from having to tell a made-up story about his wound and separation from the group?

2. Describe what startles Henry when he wakes up the following morning.

3. What prompts the regiment to drive on in the charge?

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

5. After the charge, when they realized they were safe, how do some of the men return to their own lines?

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

7. Where does Henry's regiment go and why?

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

9. What does Henry do to prevent Wilson from being reminded of how scared he was earlier?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay with the thesis that no one should be forced to go to war. n addition to soldiers who daily witness the carnage and destruction, include the civilians who are faced with trying to cope with the devastation of their land and their lives.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the emotional impact of coming up on an unexpected scene of tragedy. In your essay discuss how this happens frequently when people discover dead bodies. Include the trauma that is likely to occur to the person who finds such a ghastly thing. Add to that the immobilizing effect of such a discovery and the probable reasons it is difficult to tear one's eyes away from it.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the effects on the people soldiers leave behind when they go off to war. Begin with Henry's mother and the dark-haired girl. Then include more modern examples of this kind of separation.

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