Red Badge of Courage Ch 1-10

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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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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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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What do the men continually get frustrated with during the war? 

• Not having appropriate sleeping quarters
• The women that keep joining them from nearby houses
• Marching to new places only not to fight a war there
• The way the little boys try to move to the front of the line - the old guys want to protect them

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What did the loud soldier hand to Henry when the sound of the fighting grew louder and hot flashes of the musketry fire came towards the regiment?

• a little packet of things tied together in a yellow envelope
• a picture to give to his wife if he died
• a pocket-watch his grandfather gave to him
• a couple of sandwiches

The "shell screaming like a storm banshee", the "whistle among the branches", the "nip at the trees", and the "horizontal flashes" were all figurative ways the author described

• the buttons on the coats of the men
• guns
• the knives at the ends of the guns
• bullets

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By the end of chapter 5, there are indicators that one side is looking liking it is defeating the other. Which side is it?

• Henry's side
• His opponents' side

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What did Henry convince himself of while away from his regiment after he ran?

• He convinced himself that he was a glorious and amazing battle warrior.
• He convinced himself that he shouldn't have run - the guys needed him. 
• He convinced himself that he rescued himself for the good of his regiment - and for good reason and with strategy.
• He convinced himself he should have never come to serve for the Union.

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As he left the forest scene in which he was listening to the battle rage, what did he happen upon next? 

• a group of soldiers walking along the road with the heavily injured falling to the rear
• a woman who had accidentally been shot by soldiers 
• a 14-year-old boy wandering around looking for his regiment
• a soldier in a gray uniform with whom he knew a clash would be inescapeable 

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