Soldier's Heart Final Test

Charley enlists because –

• he is following in his father’s footsteps.

• he wants to be a man and experience war.

• his family needs the money.

• a regiment is being formed in his town.

Charley and his mother believe that the war –

• will be over very soon.

• will end in a Southern victory.

• is wrong.

• is going to be long and difficult.

“Ever since his father, Paul, had been kicked to death...Charley only had to smile and talk fast and he got his way.” Charley’s mother lets him go because –

• she is just as excited about the war as he is.

• she doesn’t have the heart to stop him from doing what he wants.

• his father is dead, so Charley must go in his place.

• Charley lies to her about what the war is really about.

Charley feels that there isn’t “much of a war” at first because –

• he is sent to relieve soldiers at frontier forts.

• his mother asks him to desert and come home.

• the Union is already winning the war.

• all the men do is drill; there is no real fighting.

Which detail shows that the men feel useless at Fort Snelling? (Chapter 2)

• “His ma had made him stick to reading and writing and he wrote her letters.”

• “It seemed all they did was drill and sweat and listen to sergeants and corporals bellow.”

• “The officers and sergeants had been civilians like the rest of the men.”

• “Charley felt he could snap his rifle...as good as any man in any army had ever done it.”

At the beginning of the novel, Charley can best be characterized as –

• gentle and peace-loving.

• angry and resentful.

• excited and motivated.

• afraid and doubtful.

Which detail shows why the setting is important to the story?

• “He thought he would remember the train ride forever.”

• “The troops were going to stop the ‘lawbreakers’...from busting up the Union.”

• “They were in Maryland and had been warned to watch out for Rebels.”

• “She’s a Reb, he thought, and it surprised him.”

Charley’s first encounter with a slave woman in Maryland surprises him because –

• he has never seen a slave before.

• the woman is angry at the Union soldiers.

• the owners treat the slaves kindly.

• he remembers seeing slaves back home in Minnesota.

Chapter four begins with Charley screaming: “Make it stop! Make it all stop now!” to show that –

• Charley is totally unprepared for his first experience in battle.

• the battle is unplanned and a surprise to everyone.

• Charley is acting silly and childish.

• the rest of Charley’s unit has been killed.

"He was old in the art of crossing meadows." What do the meadows symbolize for Charley?

• His young age

• Rebel soldiers

• Facing death

• Losing friends