Red Badge of Courage - Chapters 3-

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)

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

What did the veteran soldiers build?

• huts to sleep in
• tiny hills that developed quickly into a larger barricade
• a large pyramid with their gear that many would hide behind
• a make-shift pen for the horses

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

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which list is an accurate list of names that Henry or the author called the war? 

• red animal, blood-swollen god, monster
• cobra, gorilla, ape
• man-child, monster, gorilla
• sea, ocean, destroyer

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Finally in Chapter 5, the youth experiences his first battle. What great fear does he have as their opponent approached with gunfire? 

• that he forgot to put on underwear
• whether or not his gun was loaded
• that he didn't have his jacket - it could be a long fight
• that he forgot a couple of sandwiches  for tomorrow from his nap-sack.

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

What is the title of the book you are currently reading for English?

• The Scarlet Letter
• The Red Stache of Smoorage
• The Red Badge of Courage
• The Green Icon of Envy.