Woodsrunner Chapters 7, 8 and 9

Which sentences explain how the British fight?

• The British procedure when fighting was to march at the foe in a close line, with two or three ranks of men.

• The front rank would fire at fifty or sixty hards, then drop back and reload while the second rank stepped forward and fired, dropping back and reloading while the back rank came forward and fired.

• It took a special kind of courage to stand ready when a line of howling men ran at you with bayonets aimed at your stomach.

• Many times, American soldiers turned and ran rather than face what the British army called the Wall of British Steel.

What does the word rank mean in the following sentence:

"The British procedure when fighting was to march at the foe in a close line with two or three ranks of men."

• a single line of soldiers or police officers drawn up abreast.

• give a place within a grading system

• the people belonging to a group or class

• high social position

Why did the British fight in two or three lines, or "ranks," of men?

• So they could fire at fifty or sixty yards.

• To create the effect of mass firepower.

• So the men could quit altogether.

• So the men could aim bayonets at the stomachs of the enemy.

What is the main idea of this passage?

• War wounds

• Infection

• Being lucky

• Dying in war

Which were treatments of battle wounds?

• Antibiotics

• Gangrene

• Amputation

• Maggots

• Letting the soldier die

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Many American soldiers starved during war.

• Some soldiers were so hungry that they ate their shoes.

• The British were better soldiers than the Americans.

• The American soldiers persevered even when it was hard.

Which statement supports the idea that the American soldiers had "much higher morale than the British?"

• "...the American took comfort from fighting on home soil..."

• "[American soldiers were] poorly trained"

• "[American soldiers were] weakly led"

• "[American soldiers were] improperly fed"

• "...they were often outnumbered..."