The Red Badge of Courage Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Red Badge of Courage Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the whole scene appear to Henry?
(a) dreamlike
(b) common place
(c) terrifying
(d) super realistic

2. What do the retreating men not see?
(a) the trees in the woods
(b) the men of Henry's regiment
(c) the river blocking their way
(d) the officers on horseback

3. At twilight after running aimlessly in the woods, what sound does Henry hear?
(a) the sound of squirrels chattering in the trees
(b) the sound of cattle returning to their barns
(c) the sound of resuming battle
(d) the sound of singing and dnacing

4. How does Henry's pipe-smoking friend feel about long marches?
(a) all right because it is better than doing nothing
(b) all right because it keeps them in shape
(c) all right if it only means a new camp
(d) all right if there is a battle at the end of it

5. What rumor passing through the regiment begins the novel?
(a) that the war is over
(b) that Rebs have surrounded the camp
(c) that Lincoln has been shot
(d) that they will fight tomorrow

6. What is Henry's last view of the tattered man?
(a) falling under the wheels of a caisson
(b) walking aimlessly in a field
(c) headed back the wrong way
(d) falling on his face in the road

7. Who catches up to Henry after Jim Conklin dies?
(a) the tattered man
(b) the general
(c) the lieutenant
(d) the field doctor

8. What does Henry's mother do for him before he leaves?
(a) knits him some socks
(b) cuts his hair
(c) bakes him some cookies
(d) brushes his uniform

9. How does Henry begin to feel about the battle he had been in?
(a) that it had all been a dream
(b) that it was only a minor incident
(c) that he had not understood the danger
(d) that it was far more dnagerous than what he ran from

10. What follows the men returning from the battlefield?
(a) horses that have lost their riders
(b) stray dogs afraid of the noise
(c) catcalls and bullets whizzing by their heads
(d) military ambulance wagons

11. What is distant and surreal in Henry's mind?
(a) that things go on as usual back at home
(b) that officers hold his life in their hands
(c) that the war happens in his own country
(d) that political differences can start a war

12. Where is Henry's regiment the morning he expects to be his first battle?
(a) among the trees at the edge of a grove
(b) on the banks of a river
(c) near a small Southern village
(d) on an open field

13. Why does the lieutenant hold his hand away from his body?
(a) so he can grab his pistol quickly
(b) so everyone can see his wound
(c) so the men will turn left
(d) so the blood wouldn't drip on his pants

14. How has Henry always viewed himself in the world?
(a) as one who always follows orders
(b) as different from other men
(c) as less intelligent than others
(d) as unimportant and useless

15. How does Henry see his current suffering?
(a) as having followed the course nature laid out for him
(b) as being fair because he is a coward
(c) as a burden that he sould not have to bear
(d) as an accident of nature

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry know that the Union forces had won this second battle?

2. How is the horror personified among Henry's regiment?

3. What begins happening as runners come back out of the haze?

4. What immobilizes Henry to prevent him for seeking out his regiment?

5. Who does Henry meet up with as he walks with the wounded?

(see the answer keys)

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