WorksheetsSoldier's Heart (ALL CHAPTERS)
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where did Charley's final battle take place?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Richmond
c)
Manassas
d)
Washington D.C.
2.
"There was always a forest and a ____________."
a)
meadow
b)
enemy soldier
c)
horse
d)
dead body
3.
What was different about the Battle of Gettysburg for Charley?
a)
He was above the rebs and heavily armed.
b)
He was hidden in the trees and well protected.
c)
He had more people in his army.
d)
He had the better weapons,
4.
What did the Confederate army do as the Union army was destroying them in the Battle of Gettysburg?
a)
They continued to advance.
b)
They retreated.
c)
They were all dead.
d)
They surrendered.
5.
What does Charley remember most about the war?
a)
all the pretty things
b)
all the gruesome deaths
c)
the terrible living conditions
d)
the vision of thousands of bullets
6.
How is Charley "too old" at the end of the novel?
a)
He had experienced too much and knew too much.
b)
He lived a long life.
c)
He did not age well.
d)
Girls liked men younger than him.
7.
What does Charley admire during his picnic at the end of the story?
a)
A confederate revolver
b)
Good food
c)
The calming river
d)
Children laughing and dancing
8.
What does Charley do towards the end of the novel?
a)
Points the revolver at his head and almost pulls the trigger
b)
Re-enlists in the army
c)
Finds Nelson's family
d)
Lives with his mother and brother
9.
What did Charley work hard to maintain?
a)
his rifle
b)
his health
c)
his clothes
d)
his latrine
10.
Who did Charley make a trade with?
a)
Confederate Soldier
b)
Union Soldier
c)
A member of his company
d)
An officer
11.
Who had the highest death rate in combat?
a)
horses
b)
men
c)
women
d)
pigs
12.
Why did Charley struggle to kill the horses for meat?
a)
He grew up around horses.
b)
He was a vegan.
c)
He has never seen death.
d)
He does not like the sight of blood.
13.
"He felt the _______ building. Always the _____."
a)
fear
b)
anger
c)
sadness
d)
anxiety
14.
Why was Charley covered in blood at the end of chapter 7?
a)
Other soldiers' blood splattered all over him
b)
He was stabbed by an enemy.
c)
She was shot by an enemy.
d)
He accidentally stabbed himself.
15.
What did Charley have to use to create a windbreak for the hospital tent?
a)
dead bodies
b)
abandoned weapons
c)
logs
d)
bricks
16.
Who was the president during the Civil War?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
George Washington
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Thomas Jefferson
17.
Who wrote Soldier's Heart?
a)
Garry Paulsen
b)
J.K. Rowling
c)
Ambrose Bierce
d)
Robert Frost
18.
What did Charley help Nelson do at the end of Chapter 6?
a)
He unknowingly helped him commit suicide.
b)
He helped him retrieve water.
c)
He helped him scratch the itch on his foot.
d)
He helped him kill an enemy soldier.
19.
What event did Charley witness that was more terrifying than death?
a)
two bullets colliding together becoming one
b)
soldiers dying a slow death
c)
soldiers eating raw pork
d)
soldiers crying over their friends' bodies
20.
What was the name of Charley's first battle that massacred a great number of soldiers?
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Hogwarts
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
21.
In what year did the Civil War begin?
a)
1861
b)
1869
c)
1961
d)
1885
22.
How many more soldiers died from dysentery/disease than in combat?
a)
4 times as many
b)
3 times as many
c)
2 times as many
d)
5 times as many
23.
What is dysentery?
a)
a sickness similar to food poisoning
b)
a southern farming term
c)
what is used to clean cannonballs
d)
secessioning
24.
PTSD has also been called all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
thousand yard stare
b)
soldier's heart
c)
shell shock
d)
battle fatigue
25.
What color are the Union uniforms?
a)
blue
b)
black
c)
red
d)
grey
26.
What side of the Civil War did Charley fight on?
a)
Union
b)
Confederate
c)
Rebel
d)
South
27.
When he first joins the war, Charley feels
a)
bored
b)
sad
c)
ecstatic
d)
indifferent
28.
Who encourages Charley to desert and go back home?
a)
his mother
b)
his brother
c)
his father
d)
his grandfather
29.
Why is Charley worried he WON'T be able to join the war?
a)
He is too young.
b)
He is too short.
c)
His father won't let him.
d)
His brother needs him too much.
30.
How does Charley become a soldier?
a)
He goes to a different town & lies about his age.
b)
He bribes an officer with money.
c)
His father was best friends with a colonel.
d)
His mom drives him to his first battle.
31.
How old was Charley when he enlisted?
a)
15
b)
17
c)
14
d)
18
32.
How did Charley's father die?
a)
kicked by a horse
b)
bitten by a rattlesnake
c)
trampled by a herd of buffalo
d)
shot by accident
33.
How much will Charley earn in the army?
a)
$11 per month
b)
$10 per hour
c)
$12 per week
d)
$10 every three days
34.
What is the name of Charley's hometown?
a)
Winona
b)
Wildwood
c)
Washington
d)
Warsaw
35.
From which state was Charley Goddard?
a)
Minnesota
b)
Mississippi
c)
Washington
d)
Wyoming
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