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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 happens when Henry asks one of the soldiers what is happening?
(a) He is cursed as a deserter.
(b) He gets hit in the head with a rifle butt.
(c) He gets stabbed with a bayonet.
(d) He is told to shut up and run.

2. What does Henry hear in the early morning?
(a) bugles in many camps
(b) birds singing in the trees
(c) crickets chirping
(d) thunder in the distance

3. As the men of the regiment fight like wild animals, what happens suddenly?
(a) Henry loses his rifle.
(b) Henry loses the flag.
(c) Canons start firing.
(d) The Rebels disappear.

4. What happens as the smoke begins to clear?
(a) Henry lets go of the flag.
(b) The bugles sound another charge.
(c) The Rebels are charging Henry's regiment.
(d) The men begin to cheer.

5. What does Henry imagine himself doing sometime in the future?
(a) writing a book about his adventures
(b) lecturing young men on going to war
(c) training young soldiers in rifle shooting
(d) telling his stories by candlelight in a parlor

Short Answer Questions

1. What conversation do the men have about the officer who called them mule drivers?

2. Who do Henry and his friend overhear on the road?

3. What do Henry and his friend succeed in doing?

4. What does Wilson help Henry do?

5. Why is Henry only watching the action in this latest battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Tell what Henry and his friend overheard on the way back from the fruitless search for water.

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

3. As they wait in the trenches, what happens to the silence?

4. What does this battle prove about the regiment?

5. What does Henry do to prevent Wilson from being reminded of how scared he was earlier?

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

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

8. Explain why Henry and his friend went to find a stream.

9. What prompts the regiment to drive on in the charge?

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

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