Drummer Boy of Shiloh Vocab

Based on your understanding of the story, what is the meaning of the word "solemn" as it is used in paragraph 3?

"His face, alert or at rest, was solemn. It was indeed a solemn time and a solemn night for a boy just turned fourteen..."

• nervous

• deeply serious

• thoughtful

• exciting

Which word or phrase from the following sentence helps you understand the meaning of the word askew?

"...unable to sleep for romantic dreams of battles yet un-fought, lay crazily askew in their uniforms"

• crazily

• battles un-fought

• unable to sleep

• none of these options

Choose a synonym of the word legitimately as it is used in the following sentence?

"Run off from home or joined legitimately, boy?

• lawfully

• unlawfully

• intelligently

• dishonestly

"Move the blood up the body and make the head proud and the spine stiff and the jaw resolute."

Choose two the following words or phrases in the sentence above that helped you determine that resolute means firm and determined.

• move the blood

• make the head proud

• spine stiff

• move the blood up the body

Pick the answer to the questions that best communicates the meaning of the following figure of speech.

"These lads, fresh out of the milkshed, don't know what I can't tell them."

• Describes the general's concern of his soldier's lack of experience

• Shows that the soldiers are hardworking

• Describes the general's confidence that they will win the battle

• None of these options

What is the meaning of the word strewn as it is used in the following sentence?

"...another army was strewn helter-skelter, turning slow, basting themselves with the thought of what they would do when the time came."

• spread here or there; scattered

• crammed into a small space

• in neat rows

• far off in the distance

What is the meaning of the following expression, based on sentence?

"He might at any moment strike fire to them to see his way through the coming days when the sun might not show its face."

• long periods of rain

• night time

• refers to the winter season

• gloomy or depressing stretches of time