The Drummer Boy of Shiloh Selection Test
Authored by Diane Plumley
English
8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Details of the setting help you understand that during the Civil War....
armies often camped near each other.
battles only took place in the spring.
peach trees provided food for soldiers.
months could go by between battles.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In lines 82–93, the General questioned Joby about his running away, and Joby was silent. What does that tell you?
Joby has misunderstood the question
The General has guessed correctly.
The General will punish Joby.
Joby is thinking about home.
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The General explains that the drummer’s job is to
cause the men to rush courageously into battle.
stop inexperienced soldiers from going to battle.
make the men charge forward in an orderly way.
give orders when the General is not around.
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In lines 133–139, the General describes the soldiers as “wild horses on a loose rein” to explain that they are
not experienced in battle.
new to riding horses.
unwilling to be trained.
used to having freedom.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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 is mean to a boy who was too young to join the army.
He is encouraging so to help the boy understand his key role in the battle
He is sympathetic to a boy who is away from his family for the first time.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does solemn mean?
completely lost
deeply serious
vaguely important
unusually confused
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
to scatter is to
cook
hide
strew
present
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
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