Soldier's Heart Unit Review w/vocab

Charlie enlists because...

• he is following in his father's footsteps

• he wants to be a man and experience war

• his family needs the money

• a regiment is being formed in his town

Which detail shows that the men feel useless at Fort Snelling?

• "His ma had made him stick to reading and writing and he wrote her letters."

• "It seemed all they did was drill and swear and listen to sergeants and corporals bellow."

• "The officers and sergeants had been civilians like the rest of the men."

• "Charley felt he could snap his rifle...as good as any man in any army had ever done it."

Which detail shows why the setting (time and place) is important to the STORY?

• "He thought he would remember the train ride forever."

• "The troops were going to stop the 'lawbreakers'...from busting up the Union."

• "Charley saw his first colored when they moved into Maryland."

• "She's a Reb, he thought, and it surprised him."

"He was old in the art of crossing meadows." What do the meadows symbolize for Charley?

• his young age

• Rebel soldiers

• Facing death

• Losing friends

One of the hardships the soldiers face while they are in camp is...

• continued attacks from rebel soldiers at night while the men are asleep

• hunger due to officers stealing the food

• dehydration due to lack of water nearby

• many men becoming sick with dysentery due to unsanitary conditions

The Battle of Gettysburg is different from previous battles because Charley...

• mourns the loss of a close friend

• goes hungry when his unit runs out of food

• is ordered to shoot the cavalry's horses and hates it

• is finally killed in battle

Soldiers often had to dig _______________ as shelter from battle.

• latrines

• trenches

• regiments

• scabbards

T/F: Those that supported the Rebel cause were known as sympathizers.

• false

• true

Charley was overwhelmed in his first battle when he saw 2 bullets _________ midair.

• collide

• forage

• trench

• mutiny

In Charley's last battle, the Union led a heavy _________ from atop a hill towards the Rebs.

• barrage

• mutiny

• artillery

• cavalry