"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" 8th Honors

To which senses does the following image appeal?

A hand must have come down out of the night, for there was a little rat-tat as the fingernails brushed and the man's breath fanned his face.

• sound, taste

• hearing, touch

• smell, touch

• sight, taste

When the narrator is outside of the story and conveys thoughts and feelings of only one character, the author is using

• 3rd person limited

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd omniscient

What mood is evoked in the following passage?

The boy turned on his side. A moth brushed his face, but it was a peach blossom. A peach blossom flicked him, but it was a moth. Nothing stayed put. Nothing had a name. Nothing was as it once was.

• suspicion

• uncertainty

• calm

• loneliness

What genre is "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"?

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• nonfiction

"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" takes place during

• WWI

• WWII

• the Revolutionary War

• the Civil War

It is a “solemn night for a boy just turned fourteen” in “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” because

• he knows he will be in his first battle soon.

• he doesn't like sleeping in a peach field.

• the army is camped near a church.

• the wind is full of whispers.

Why does the general stop to talk to the drummer boy in “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh”?

• The general is lonely and wants to talk to someone.

• The general remembers when he was a drummer boy.

• The general realizes the boy is scared and needs encouragement.

• The general wants to find out if the boy ran away from home or joined legitimately.

Use context clues to choose the best meaning for the word legitimately as it is used in this sentence.

"Run off from home or joined legitimately, boy?"

• legally

• sneakily

• by lying about one's age

• fairly

Use context clues from “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” to determine the meaning of the phrase “ruffle away” in the following sentence.

In silence he listened to his own heart ruffle away—at last gone from his ears and back in his chest again.

• move quietly

• sing softly

• stop abruptly

• explode loudly

According to the general in “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh,” why is the drummer boy so important to the army?

• The sound of the drum drowns out the sounds of battle.

• The drummer’s beat keeps the soldiers together as an army.

• The soldiers might get lost if they can’t hear the drum.

• The soldiers enjoy listening to the drum.