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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wilson help Henry do?
(a) get something to eat
(b) get treatment for his head injury
(c) find another rifle
(d) locate a place to sleep

2. As the regiment weakens, what is the effect on the lieutenant?
(a) He is less enthusiastic.
(b) He stops giving orders.
(c) He falls off his horse.
(d) He is shot in the head.

3. What does Henry see on the faces of sleeping soldiers?
(a) fear
(b) weariness
(c) anguish
(d) relief

4. What is Henry's dark thought about the enemy?
(a) to see their faces contorted in fear
(b) to see them run in terror
(c) to see their families weep over their bodies
(d) to see them swallowed up by the earth

5. Describe the man who helps Henry locate his regiment?
(a) He is young and idealistic.
(b) He is gruff and uncompromising.
(c) He is stern and judgmental.
(d) He is a cheery and kind old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as the smoke begins to clear?

2. How does Henry explain his absence from the regiment.

3. What is Henry advised to avoid putting pressure on his head wound?

4. Who do Henry and his friend tell what they have overheard?

5. When the colonel and other officers appear, what is he shouting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does this battle prove about the regiment?

2. How was Henry's reception back in the unit better than what he had hoped for?

3. How does Henry find extra strength and courage during the charge?

4. Describe how the battle begins as Henry's regiment begins the charge.

5. How does Henry eventually get back to his regiment?

6. How does Henry receive what becomes his red badge of courage?

7. Describe what startles Henry when he wakes up the following morning.

8. During the next wave of battle, describe Henry's actions.

9. Thinking ahead, what image comes to Henry's mind?

10. After the charge, when they realized they were safe, how do some of the men return to their own lines?

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