Setting
Characters
Plot
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous Stuff
100
Describe the setting of "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"
What is in a peach orchard in the middle of the night
100
The name of the main character in "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"
What is Joby
100
This is what the general tells the drummer boy (what he is to the army)
What is he is the heart of the army
100

Means place of peace in Hebrew

What is Shiloh

100

The central character of the story

Who is Joby

200
It is this war that the "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" takes place during
What is The Civil War
200
Why it is a solemn night for a boy just turned fourteen
What is he knows he will be in his first battle soon
200

This is why the drummer boy is so important to the army.

What is the drummer's beat keeps the soldiers together as an army

200

Letting their thoughts pour over them

What is basting themselves

200

Shiloh is near this body of water and in this state.

What is Owl Creek and Tennessee 

300

The setting is peaceful and calm but a bloody battle will take place here.

What is the irony of the setting.

300
The reason that the drummer boy feels he will be in greater danger than the soldiers in the battle
What is he has no weapon to use for fighting the enemy and protecting himself
300
This is why the general stopped to talk with Joby
What is Joby was crying
300
fastened; made firm

What is rivited

300

The struggle to overcome fear

What is an example of Joby's internal conflict?

400
This is the time of year the story takes place (month)
What is April
400
This person stops to talk to the drummer boy
What is the General
400
This is the reason the general says it is good for a soldier to cry before the fight
What is because there won't be time to cry once the battle begins
400

bedded

What is bindled

400
 This is the genre of the story.

What is Historical Fiction.

500
Why the author sets "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" before a battle instead of during a battle
What is to show that Joby learns to face his fear of the upcoming battle
500
Why the general cried
What is He thinks the war will last a long time
500
These are three of the elements that make up the soldiers "shield"
What is devotion, patriotism, trust in their weapons
500
mixed or combined

What is compounded

500
Not spelled correctly: fanned, joined, strengthenned, smelled
What is strengthenned
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