The Red Badge of Courage Ch. 1-4

What effect did Henry's decision to go to war have on his mother? 

• She gleamed with pride.
• She had mixed feelings - on the one hand she wanted him out of the house to grow up, but on the other hand, she still looked at him like her sweet little boy.
• She cried and gave him her words of advice.
• She struck him over and over with her rolling pin. 

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What major question was Henry worried about regarding himself? 

• He wondered whether he had it in himself to kill another man.
• He wondered if he might run away during battle.
• He wondered what the other men might do to him at night.
• He wondered how good of soldier he might be. 

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Henry's trip to Washington, and his perception of war prior to arrival at camp can both be described as

• nerve-wrecking
• dangerous
• glorious
• dismissive

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As Henry isn't quite sure what the men are doing before they engage in war, what does he keep referring to their activity as?

• a blue demonstration
• a red herring
• a blue coup
• a red badge of courage

What is another way Henry is being referenced throughout the novel thus far? 

• the tattered soldier
• the youth
• the tall soldier
• the loud soldier

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What two problems were presented in chapter 2? 

• constant marching and indecisive generals
• rude generals and lots of death
• blurred vision and incoming infantry
• occasional harassment and lack of food

The "orbs of a row of dragons advancing", and these "huge crawling reptiles", and the "long serpents" were all... 

• references to the animals men encountered on their way to approach the enemy
• metaphors for the marching enemy men in the distance
• similes that compared the bugs that crawled around in their beds at night to different animals 
• metaphors for the generals and colonels who failed to make decisions

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Who is the loud soldier and what does Henry discuss with him at the end of chapter 2?

• Jim Conklin and the generals decisions
• Wilson and the generals decisions
• Jim Conklin and running from battle
• Wilson and running from battle

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What seemed to strike Henry, or the youth, as the men were running together and he felt like he was stuck in the middle of them? 

• He wondered what it would be like to be the hero of the war that everyone knew he was.
• He had the sudden urge to use the restroom and didn't know how to escape the mass of men.
• He had never really wished to come to war. He had not enlisted of his free will.
• He wanted to know how mom was doing.

As the army traveled, they could hear firing in the distance, and could see lines of skirmishes. In front of Henry, the men parted to avoid something on the ground. It was a ... 

• dead body
• dead animal
• dropped confederate flag
• pile of excrement (poop)