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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. How does Henry feel about the enemy?

2. What returns to Henry in his thoughts as he waits for orders?

3. How do the men react to the approach of the Rebel forces?

4. What surprises Henry about his head wound?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does this battle prove about the regiment?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay with the thesis that no one should be forced to go to war. n addition to soldiers who daily witness the carnage and destruction, include the civilians who are faced with trying to cope with the devastation of their land and their lives.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the loneliness of being away from home. The essay should include the psychological effects of being in unfamiliar surroundings, and how some people handle such separation better than others. Include, also, the challenges of different customs and physical surroundings in a strange place.

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