SOLDIER’S HEART



SOLDIER’S HEART by Gary Paulsen

STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS

Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper using complete sentences.

FOREWORD

1. When men returned from war they often have some mental damage, what was it called in:

World War II?____________________________________

World War I ?_____________________________________

Current wars? _______________________________________

CHAPTER 1

2. How old is Charley?

3. Where does Charley live?

4. Where did Charley go to sign up for the war?

5. Who was in Charley’s family?

6. What happened to Charley’s dad?

CHAPTER 2

7. What did Charley get for a uniform?

8. What is a minie ball?

9. Describe what Charley’s training was like.

9. Look at the map in the front of the book. Charley traveled from Winona, to Fort Snelling, then St. Paul, to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and finally he headed east. What three methods of transportation did Charley use?

CHAPTER 3

10. What was special about the train ride across the country?

11. Why did Charley wonder if the slaves would be free after the war?

12. Who gave Charley a sweet roll?

13. Charley notices poor white people when he gets to Maryland. What does it mean when, “…a private named Swenson, said, ‘You could throw a cat through their house without hitting a wall.’”

14. What might happen to a soldier who is hit with a bullet with dirty clothes on?

15. How does Charley compare the dirty clothes to bad language?

CHAPTER 4

16. What is the name of the battle that Charley fights in?

17. “Charley heard them going past his ears like horizontal hail and he decided to lie down.” What literary device is used in this sentence?

18. What is Charley’s reaction to the battle?

CHAPTER 5

19. Charley thinks he sees fireflies on the battlefield. What does he really see?

20. Define ravenously.

21. What are earthworks? How are they described on p.38?

CHAPTER 6

22. What positive things happened for the soldiers at the beginning of the chapter?

23. Who was the commander of the army?

24. Charley says the regiment “farmed” as they traveled. What does he mean?

25. On p. 50, what is the “blue line”?

26. What does Charley do for Nelson when he sees he is wounded?

CHAPTER 7

27. According to the story, who was able to take better care of themselves? (60)

28. Describe some of the problems in the camp.

29. Define adept. (63)

30. Why do you suppose Charley ended up talking and trading with the Confederate soldier?

CHAPTER 8

31. This chapter starts with Charley having a difficult task. What does he have to do?

32. This fight is different from the others because it is the cavalry that comes at them. How do they stop it? Why is this hard for Charley?

33. What does “fix bayonets” mean?

34. Charley helps the doctor by making a windbreak. What is used to build it?

CHAPTER 9 (Gettysburg; July 3-5, 1863)

35. Charley says, “It was the same and yet completely different.” What is the same?

And, what is different? (90-91)

36. Define tableau. (93)

37. What was Charley’s advantage in this battle?

CHAPTER 10

38. How many years have passed? About how old is Charley?

39. What makes Charley old?

40. On p. 98 it says, “So many of the men he knew were there already, gone across…” What does this mean?

41. How did Charley get his revolver?

42. Do you think Charley is thinking about killing himself? Do you think he will do it?

Author’s Note

43. Write down the facts about the number of people killed at Gettysburg.

44. When did Charley die?

45. What do you think was the cause of death?

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