Chapter 1
Who wrote soldier's heart?
Gary Paulsen
What meals were given to Charley that would end up eating for the remainder of the novel?
beans, coffee, pork
How did the soldiers make the camp feel "homey"?
They built shanties (which are like "shacks") and put street names on poles.
"Bullets flew past him with evil little snaps and snickers as they cut the air."
What is personification?
Where was Charley from?
Winona, Minnesota
How old is Charley at the of the novel?
15
Name the corporal charley befriends during the drill at Fort Snelling. (It starts with an "Ma.")
Massey
Dysentery
"..his lungs seemed to be on fire..."
What is metaphor?
What is the resolution of the story?
Charley got home with his cane and and some little wounds from the battle.
What is the name of Charley's younger brother? (It starts with an "Or.")
Orren
What did charley see for the first time when he went to the train that enters Maryland?
What did Charley have to do to feed the sick ~ which bothered him a lot?
He killed horses
"The food felt like a stone in his stomach."
What is an simile?
What is the rising action of the the story?
It could be Charley's first battle.
Where does Charley travel to enlist in the army? (Two words: "Fort Sn____.")
Fort Snelling
Why did Charley's doctor at camp tell the soldier's to wear clean clothes?
To prevent infection
Name the battle where chapter 9 takes place. (It starts with a "G.")
Gettysburg
"Charley couldn't keep his eyes off the trees."
What is an idiom?
What is the climax of the story?
It Charley's last battle, a very bloody one, Gettysburg. Charley seemed to be shot.
What year does the novel start?
1861
How was the war glorified?
with parades
How old was Charley in chapter 10?
21
"He thought that he would remember the train ride forever?"
What is a hyperbole?
What is the falling action of the story?
When Charley went on the train heading back home.