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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do some of the men move back frantically?

3. What is Henry's first impression as he wakes the next morning after returning to his regiment?

4. What is Henry's dark thought about the enemy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Henry's regiment go and why?

3. As another charge comes toward Henry's regiment, describe Henry's emotions.

4. What elates Henry and his friend as they are resting safely with the regiment?

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

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

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

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

9. How is Henry saved from having to tell a made-up story about his wound and separation from the group?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about advertisements for young men and women to join the military. Give your opinion on that as a recruitment process. Include how the attractiveness of the advertisement does not include the realities of being ordered into a war zone.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on why there is no glamor in war. Include those combatants who do not return, those who return with physical injuries, and those who return with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) to illustrate your thesis. Also include the casualties of innocent civilians.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about how THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE is not just a Civil War story but rather a story about the effects of war on young, impressionable minds. In your essay explain how this story could be set during any war in the history of the world.

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