Red Badge Review

What question is the youth pondering all throughout chapter two?

• Would he be willing to fight when the time came, or would he run?

• Why can't they all have horses?

• Why are the rations so small?

• What happened to the tall soldier?

As the story progresses, why does the youth lose faith in the general's decisions?

• The generals keep pushing men into the line of fire without fear of consequence or loss of life.

• The generals have fled and haven't been seen or heard from since.

• The generals keep moving the soldiers from place to place without any explanation.

• The generals have limited rations of water.

What is a red badge of courage?

• A badge of honor one soldier gives another soldier

• A physical injury that symbolizes a soldier fought a hard fight.

• A badge a soldier could earn for acts of valor

• An act of running across the battle field to deter the enemy from shooting at his comrades

How does Jim's death affect Henry?

• Henry is inconsolable and hysterical.

• Henry is overwhelmed with guilt for leaving the regiment.

• Henry is angry and risks his life to attack the rebels.

• Henry is relieved.

What lie does Henry tell?

• Henry says he got shot when he actually got hit by a stranger.

• Henry says he was hit with a cannon ball.

• Henry says he fought a few trenches down with everyone.

• Henry says he was helping the injured.

How does Henry's attitude change from chapters 8-16?

• He goes from being joyful to angry.

• He goes from being over confident to running scared.

• He goes from having a complete lack of confidence to being over confident.

• He goes from being angry with his fellow soldiers to being completely supportive.

Why does the sarcastic man frighten Henry?

• The sarcastic man is very large and very intimidating.

• The sarcastic man is a rebel enemy.

• The sarcastic man was a general and threatened to demote Henry.

• The sarcastic man seems to know that Henry doesn't know what he is talking about.

In chapter 17, why did Henry call himself a barbarian?

• He had drank from his friends' canteen which tasted funny, and now, he couldn't control his actions.

• He gave up on all of his morals and ideals and left the battle ground again.

• He shoot everything that moved including his own comrades. Henry had become unhinged, fighting everyone and everything in his path.

• He kept shooting even when there was no one to shoot.

When Henry and Wilson headed to the river, they overheard a conversation between some officers. Using inference skills, what does the general mean when he says "I don't believe many of your mule drivers will make it back"?"

• The cannons will get stuck in ravines.

• The people driving the mules and carts will get stuck in the ravines and trenches.

• Many of the infantry men will most likely die during the charge.

• The infantry men that are in charge of the canons will run out of ammo.

What piece of imagery did Crane set up in Henry's last battle of the book?

• Soldiers hurling clumps of mud at each other because they had run out of bullets.

• Flag bearer versus flag bearer

• A friend jumping in front of a bullet to protect the other friend.

• The regiment taking the field like a wave of starlings flying to and fro.