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Protagonist of the story; takes the flag from the dead soldier.
Who is Henry Fleming?
100

Driving force: impulse

What is impetus?

100

How the youth receives his head wound

How the youth receives his head wound

100

that he will get scared and flee

What is Henry Flemings greatest concern about the impending battle?

100
Discourages Henry from enlisting in the army during the Civil War
Who is Henry's Mother?
200
A talkative soldier that is wounded; asks Henry where his wound is located.
Who is The Tattered Soldier?
200

Extremely Loud

What is the meaning of Stentorian?

200

How the youth reunites with the loud soldier

What is the youth's return to the regiment?

200

Blue and Gray

What colors are worn by the two battling regiments in The Red Badge of Courage?

200
The side on which Henry fights during the Civil War
What is the Union?
300
Gives Henry an envelop to hold because he thinks this will be his first and last battle.
Who is Tom Wilson?
300

Excessive boldness or rashness

What is Temerity?

300

The moment the youth runs away from the battle

What happens during the enemy's second charge?

300

A bleeding war wound

What is being referred to by the phrase, "a red badge of courage"?

300
The animal that Henry encounters in the forest that helps him justify his decision to flee the battle
What is a squirrel?
400
Helps Henry back to his regiment when Henry was wounded. Compassionate soldier that helps to keep soldiers focused on the battle.
Who is The Cheery Soldier?
400

A curse

What is imprecations?

400

When Henry becomes color bearer

What happens when the first color bearer dies?

400

Head wound

What kind of wound does Henry sustain from a fleeing fellow soldier?

400
What a soldier must do in order to earn a red badge of courage
What is be wounded in battle?
500
A friend of Henry's that received a large wound in his side and later died.
Who is Jim Conklin?
500

A state of alarm or dread: apprehension

What is trepidation?

500

The moment when Henry and his friend first hear the officers the regiment "mule drivers"

What happens when they search for water?

500

a flag

What fallen object does Henry pick up and carry during the battle, in an attempt to prove his courage?

500
Henry sees this in the "chapel"
What is a corpse?