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“Shiloh A Requiem”
1. What is scattered over the battlefield?
A. dead birds B. dead/injured bodies C. people praying
2. When did the battle take place?
A. Saturday night B. Sunday C. Sunday night
“The Drummer Boy of Shiloh”
1. As the boy lay awake in the beginning of the story,
___________ startled him:
A. blossoms falling on his drumhead from the orchard trees
B. birds flying in the trees above
C. his own heartbeat
D. a peach stone falling on his drum
2. What did the other soldiers have that the boy did not have?
A. a shield B. gunpowder C. drum D. Drum sticks
3. What were the most important roles of the drummer boys?
A. make coffee for the men
B. setting the pace of the soldiers as they marched
C. inspire the men
D. helping the men to stay focused and unified