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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. Who does Henry hope to impress one day?
(a) his mother and the dark haired girl
(b) the people who live around his farm
(c) the students at his old school
(d) his mother and her pastor

2. How does Henry rationalize his railing at nature while he was on the run?
(a) He had been confused and disoriented.
(b) Hunger made him irrational.
(c) He didn't really mean it.
(d) The doomed and the damned are allowed to do it.

3. What seems to be happening to Henry's perception as the shooting starts?
(a) His vision blurs.
(b) He cannot see details.
(c) He is blinded by gun powder.
(d) Everything seems sharper and clearer.

4. What does the regiment know of the military machinery behind their orders to charge the Rebels?
(a) only when they will be relieved
(b) all the details
(c) exactly what the final plan is
(d) nothing

5. What starts the battle in the forest?
(a) a Rebel yell
(b) a single gunshot
(c) a canon blast
(d) an order from the lieutenant

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a Major volunteer Henry's regiment to do?

2. What does Henry surmise as the men swarm toward where he is?

3. Once in position, what does Henry see?

4. What happens that begins to wear on the men's nerves?

5. When the orders come, where is Henry's regiment gong?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does this battle prove about the regiment?

2. What does Henry observe as weariness comes over his comrades?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What do Henry and his friend manage to do that boosts the morale of the Union forces to make the Rebels retreat?

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

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

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