The Red Badge of Courage | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter I

1. What rumor passing through the regiment begins the novel?

2. As a boy, how had Henry imagined himself ?

3. What is distant and surreal in Henry's mind?

4. Why has Henry delayed so many times from enlisting in the army?

5. Where does Henry's mother think he could be put to better use than in the army?

6. What does Henry's mother do for him before he leaves?

7. What warning does Henry's mother give her son?

8. What does Henry see his mother doing as he turns to look back?

9. Who impresses Henry when he stops by the school to say good-bye?

10. How is the regiment treated on the way...
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