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- 1. Multiple Choice
All of the following describe the setting of the story EXCEPT...
peach orchard.
Civil War.
April.
1942.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why does Joby feel he will be in greater danger than other soldiers during the battle?
He has no weapon.
He has no shield.
He only has a drum and drumsticks.
All of these.
- 3. Multiple Choice
When the author writes, "...perhaps they might go away...and not notice him lying small here, no more than a toy himself," he means to convey...
...that Joby wants to play hide and seek with the soldiers.
...that Joby feels childish and silly.
that Joby is considering running away.
...that Joby wants to lead the army into battle the next day.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why does the General say it is good for a soldier to cry before the fight?
Crying makes a soldier fight better.
He is ridiculing Joby for crying.
He believes crying brings good luck.
There won't be time to cry once the battle begins.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why did the General cry the night before the story takes place?
He is afraid that his side will give up.
He thinks the war might last a long time and many of his young men will die.
He believes the other side will soon give up.
He believes it is lucky to cry before a battle.
- 6. Multiple Choice
The General says the drummer boy is...
...the brains of the army.
...the backbone of the army.
...the heart of the army.
...the pride of the army.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best reflects the theme of the story?
Young men who die in battle become immortal.
Victory in war requires careful planning and strong leadership.
Even one who feels fearful and insignificant can play an important role and become a hero. Have confidence.
The faster an army moves, the more likely it will succeed.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What do the peach blossoms falling (at the end of the story) symbolize?
The sound of the boy's drumming during the battle.
The battle has ended, and victory has been achieved.
The sound of the soldiers on both sides of the army.
The loss of innocence and youth associated with battle.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the time period of this short-story?
Civil War.
World War 1.
World War 2.
Revolutionary War.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the genre of this story?
Action/Adventure.
Historical Fiction.
Biography.
Mystery.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is a personal conflict of this story?
Man vs. Nature.
Man vs. Man.
Man vs. Supernatural.
Man vs. Himself.
- 12. Multiple Choice
We know that the character of the General represents a father figure for Joby because...
...the General is actually Joby's father.
...the General is the same age as Joby's real dad.
...the General smells like all fathers should.
...the General said that Joby reminded him of his son.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhy does the General want to retreat for 4 months?The General thinks they will lose the battle.The General is afraid to die.The General thinks his troops aren't ready yet.The General is a traitor.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Joby ran away from home.
True.
False.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who led the Union forces?
Grant.
Lee.
Johnston.
Ruggles.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who won the Battle of Shiloh?
Union forces.
Confederate forces.
- 17. Multiple Choice
"The sun might not show its face because of what was happening here and beyond" is an example of...
simile.
hyperbole.
personification.
metaphor.
- 18. Multiple Choice
"You're the heart of the army" is an example of...
hyperbole.
simile.
personification.
metaphor.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why must the drummer boy lead the army into battle?
He's the one that gives out the General's orders.
He motivates them.
Without him, the army wouldn't know what to do.
All of the above.
- 20. Multiple Choice
The General refers to the famous poet "Mr. Longfellow" in the text. This is an example of...
metaphor.
allusion.
simile.
personification.
- 21. Multiple Choice
At the end of the story, the General convinces Joby to...
run away.
lead the army into battle.
contact his parents.
- 22. Multiple Choice
How long was Joby with the army?
One month.
A few weeks.
Three months.
Three weeks.
- 23. Multiple Choice
"Brass buttons that watched the boy" can be considered...
personification.
metaphor.
simile.
hyperbole.
- 24. Multiple Choice
The part of the story that leads to the climax is...
conflict.
falling action.
exposition.
rising action.
- 25. Multiple Choice
The part of the story where the conflict is solved is...
resolution.
climax.
rising action.
falling action.
- 26. Multiple Choice
The part of the story that comes right after the climax and leads to the resolution is ...
conflict.
falling action.
rising action.
exposition.
- 27. Multiple Choice
The internal conflict of The Drummer Boy of Shiloh is...
Joby can't decide whether to run away or not.
Joby forgot all of his commands he needs for battle because he's scared.
The General is furious with Joby because he's crying and he needs to grow up.
Joby realizes that he only has his drum and no gun going into battle.
- 28. Multiple Choice
The General stops to talk to Joby once he realizes that he's the drummer boy is an example of...
conflict.
rising action.
falling action.
climax.
- 29. Multiple Choice
Joby is in ...
a pear orchard.
a cherry orchard
a peach orchard.
an apple orchard.
- 30. Multiple Choice
Why does the General stop to talk to Joby in the first place?
He needs him to feed his horse.
He realizes that his drummer boy is having second thoughts about leading the soldiers into battle and that's a problem.
He wanted to tell him good luck in the upcoming battle.
He just wanted someone to talk to because he was worried.
- 31. Multiple Choice
The General walking away feeling confident that Jobe will lead his men in the upcoming battle is an example of...
falling action,
resolution.
rising action.
climax.
- 32. Multiple Choice
The climax of the story is when...
Joby realizes he's talking to the General.
The General tells him that he's the heart of the army.
The General asks him again if he's ready for battle and he replies, "Yes,sir!"
The General confides in him that he's not confident in his men.
- 33. Multiple Choice
The battle of Shiloh took place on...
April 6, 1863.
April 1, 1861.
April 6, 1862.
April 25, 1864.
- 34. Multiple Choice
Another personal conflict that Joby is going through is...
Man vs. Man
Man vs Himself
Man vs Nature
Man vs Society
- 35. Multiple Choice
The General feels all of the following about his men EXCEPT..
frustrated.
worried.
confident.
they are inexperienced.
- 36. Multiple Choice
The sticks in the pile that the General makes represent his
untrained men.
trained men.
battle plan.
need to calm his nerves and keep his mind off the upcoming battle .
- 37. Multiple Choice
The drum on its side symbolizes that Joby is not ready for battle.
False.
True.
- 38. Multiple Choice
The leaves represent his...
trained men.
his untrained men.
thoughts about the battle.
concerns about the battle.
- 39. Multiple Choice
How old was Joby?
12
9
11
14
- 40. Multiple Choice
In what state did the Battle of Shiloh happen?
Virginia.
Kentucky.
Tennessee.
North Carolina.
- 41. Multiple Choice
"He turned the drum on its side, where its great lunal face peered at him whenever he opened his eyes" is an example of...
hyperbole.
alliteration.
onomatopoeia.
personification.
- 42. Multiple Choice
"Not one can spit a sparrow off a tree" means that...
the General's soldiers can't spit far.
they have bad aim and can't shoot well.
they are too loud and scare the birds away before they can get a good shot.
- 43. Multiple Choice
When Joby turns the drum up to face the sky, he is...
finally ready to go to sleep.
still a little nervous.
ready to lead the General's soldiers into battle.
realizes that running away will disappoint the General.
- 44. Multiple Choice
..."their knees would come up in a long line down over that hill, one knee after the other, like a wave on the ocean shore!" is an example of...
alliteration.
hyperbole.
simile.
metaphor.
- 45. Multiple Choice
"Good grief, that has a beat and a sound to it fitting for Mr. Longfellow" is an example of...
hyperbole.
allusion.
alliteration.
an idiom.
- 46. Multiple Choice
When there are two or more words together in a sentence beginning with the same consonant or it sounds like a tongue twister it is called...
simile.
assonance.
alliteration.
metaphor.
- 47. Multiple Choice
A strong exaggeration that could never happen is called...
hyperbole.
onomatopoeia.
personification.
metaphor.
- 48. Multiple Choice
Comparing two things without using like or as is called...
a simile.
a metaphor.
an idiom.
hyperbole.
- 49. Multiple Choice
Giving a non-living object human qualities is known as...
simile.
hyperbole.
alliteration.
personification.
- 50. Multiple Choice
Comparing two things using like or as is known as...
metaphor.
alliteration.
simile.
personification.
- 51. Multiple Choice
The peach blossoms falling on the drum at the end of The Drummer Boy of Shiloh represent...
the end of Joby's boyhood.
that dawn has come and it's time to go.
that there's not much time before the battle begins.
- 52. Multiple Choice
The poem Christmas Bells is written by...
Ray Bradbury.
Abraham Lincoln.
General Grant.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- 53. Multiple Choice
Longfellow is for the South.
False.
True.
- 54. Multiple Choice
"And with the sound
The carols drowned" is an example of...
personification.
hyperbole.
repetition.
onomatopoeia.
- 55. Multiple Choice
At the beginning of the poem, the tone is one of...
hope.
despair.
joy.
- 56. Multiple Choice
In the middle of the poem, the tone is one of...
joy.
hope.
despair.
- 57. Multiple Choice
At the end of the poem, the tone is one of...
despair.
hope.
joy.
- 58. Multiple Choice
The theme of the poem is...
the sound of bells offers hope when all is dark.
good will always win over evil and that peace and happiness are what's most important.
peace will eventually be restored to all.
war is hell.
- 59. Multiple Choice
The poem was written on...
December 24, 1863.
December 25, 1862.
December 24, 1862.
December 25, 1863.
- 60. Multiple Choice
"Of peace on earth, good-will to men!" is an example of...
allusion.
repetition.
idiom.
alliteration.
- 61. Multiple Choice
The poem inspired a...
novel.
painting.
Christmas carol.
a movie.
- 62. Multiple Choice
The poem was written because...
Longfellow hated the South.
He disliked war.
He felt the war was ruining Christmas.
He was helping his son recover from his injury and was questioning why the war was happening.
- 63. Multiple Choice
The bells symbolize...
that the war will end soon.
religion.
peace.
- 64. Multiple Choice
The author feels that God is on the side of the North.
True.
False.
- 65. Multiple Choice
"The Wrong" in this poem represents...
the South.
the North.
both the North and the South for fighting in the first place.
the war itself.
- 66. Multiple Choice
"The Right prevail" in this poem means...
the South.
the North.
- 67. Multiple Choice
"God is not dead; nor doth he sleep!" is an example of...
personification.
allusion.
hyperbole.
simile.
- 68. Multiple Choice
The main idea of the poem is...
the war will not take away Christmas.
peace is most important.
war ruins lives.
- 69. Multiple Choice
When the name of a movie, novel or character from another movie or novel is mentioned within a specific literary work it is called...
illusion.
allusion.
hyperbole.
repetition.
- 70. Multiple Choice
What natural disaster does the author compare war to?
Tornado.
Hurricane.
Earthquake.
Flood.
- 71. Multiple Choice
The name of the creek in the story is...
Hawk Creek.
Robin Creek.
Bird Creek.
Owl Creek.
- 72. Multiple Choice
The Battle of Shiloh got its name from...
Abraham Lincoln.
the church located nearby,
the Union Army.
the Confederate Army.
- 73. Multiple Choice
The conflict that the General was going through was...
man vs self.
man vs nature.
man vs. man.
man vs society.
- 74. Multiple Choice
The tone of Wadsworth's poem shifts from...
despair, joy, hope.
hope,joy,despair.
joy,despair,hope
hope,despair,joy
- 75. Multiple Choice
What does the word rent mean when used in the following line: "It was as if an earthquake rent..."
To pay to live somewhere.
Shook.
Destroyed.
Damaged.
- 76. Multiple Choice
What are belfries?
Where bats live.
They hold cannons.
Church steeples that hold or house bells.
Where troops stay.
- 77. Multiple Choice
What does the word pealed mean when used in the following line: "Then pealed the bells more loud and deep..."
Rang.
Banged.
Played.
Sang.
- 78. Multiple Choice
What does the word unbroken mean when used in the following line: "The unbroken song..."
Whole.
Together.
Constant.
Simultaneous.
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