The Red Badge of Courage | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter I

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

that they will fight tomorrow

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

as a hero in wars

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

that the war happens in his own country

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

because of his mother

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

on the farm

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

knits him some socks

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

to watch the company he keeps

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

praying and quivering

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

a dark...
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