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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the setting of the story?
modern times
During the Revolutionary War
During the Civil War
there is no way to tell
- 2. Multiple Choice
What thought keeps the troops motivated?
We have more men than they do.
I am going to be the lucky one that survives.
We are going to take a leave of absence soon.
I am going to sneak off when no one is looking.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning behind this sentence? "Yes, thought the boy, that's all very well for them, they can give as good as they get!"
The troops are armed, but he only has a drum and two sticks.
The troops are given full meals, but the boy can only eat once a day.
The troops are given breaks, but the boy has to play all day without stopping.
The troops have way more fun
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does this figure of speech mean? "There's your cheek, fell right off the tree overhead. And the others here not much older."
Joby is clumsy.
Joby is hurt.
Joby is young.
Joby is scared.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why did the General cry?
He loves his army and just learned that he is being transferred.
The troops think there will be an easy victory, but he knows better.
He was injured in the last battle.
His troops are well trained
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does is mean to be the "heart of the army"?
It is the person who cares the most.
It is the person who reports directly to the General.
It is the person who holds the troops together.
It is the person willing to die for his or her country.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What would happen if Joby beat too slow?
He would be replaced as drummer boy.
He would help the troops relax and feel better.
He would anger the general.
He would make the troops sleepy, and sleep "forever" in the fields - meaning they would die
- 8. Multiple Choice
How old is protagonist in the story?
10
18
14
21
- 9. Multiple Choice
The boy is in a large group who is planning on...
going to war very soon
going home very soon
traveling to a new country
heading West to find gold
- 10. Multiple Choice
According to the story, why is the boy afraid?
he only has a drum, two sticks to beat it, and no shield
he is very young
he has never been in battle before
his father died very recently in battle
- 11. Multiple Choice
The man walking by calls out the protagonist because he is...
crying
screaming
moaning
staring at the other soldiers with anger in his eyes
- 12. Multiple Choice
The man who stops to talk to the boy turns out to be...
his father
the general
a friendly soldier
an enemy soldier
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the general afraid that the outcome of the battle will be?
Joby will be killed
Many young soldier boys will be killed
Many soldiers will desert the army
The fight will never happy
- 14. Multiple Choice
The general tells Joby that one day, he can say...
He was the drummer boy at Shiloh
He helped beat the Confederate army at Shiloh
He helped beat the Union army at Shiloh
He never fought at Shiloh
- 15. Multiple Choice
Details of the setting help you to understand that:
armies often camped near each other
peach trees provided food for soldiers
peach trees provided shelter for soldiers
peach trees are no good at all for soldiers
- 16. Multiple Choice
In lines 133-139, the General describes the soldiers as "wild horses on a loose rein" to explain that they are:
new to riding horses
inexperienced in battle
impulsive and uncontrollable
looking like figures on a carousel
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes the General's attitude toward Joby?
He is disappointed in a boy who cries on the eve of a battle.
He encouraged the boy in order to help him understand his key role in the battle.
He think Joby is a crybaby
Joby angers him by comparing him to his father
- 18. Multiple Choice
What does the General BEST symbolize?
a control freak
a caring father
a mean dictator
a childhood friend
- 19. 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.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following pieces of evidence best supports the theme that "True courage is overcoming fear, not the absence of it"?
A. “You want to cry some more, go on ahead. I did the same last night.”
“Sir, is that you?” he said.
“I assume it is.” The man’s knees cracked as he bent still closer.
“Now, boy,” said the General quietly, “you are the heart of the army. Think of that. You’re the heart of the army.”
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