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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the worst thing for Charlie and Thomas where they are now?
(a) The rain.
(b) The sounds of soldiers dying.
(c) The continual loss of their trench mates.
(d) The constant sound of mortar fire.

2. How does Charlie feel about what Molly tells him?
(a) He is depressed.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He does not believe it.
(d) He is happy.

3. On what day does Thomas say he was born?
(a) September 5.
(b) October 5.
(c) July 22.
(d) January 1.

4. What does Thomas try not to do concerning Charlie or Molly?
(a) Be alone with either of them.
(b) Daydream about Charlie dying and Thomas marrying Molly.
(c) Be jealous.
(d) Wish they would move away.

5. Where does Thomas go after putting on his gas mask?
(a) The barbed wire fencing.
(b) The firestep.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The trenches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the company huddle in their trenches for two straight days?

2. What does Charlie refuse to do?

3. What does Thomas see when he makes it into the main trench?

4. Who else suffers as a result of Charlie's refusal?

5. Why is Charlie sent home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Thomas is writing a letter home and how does Thomas respond?

2. How do Charlie, Thomas, and the rest of the regiment feel about the war during training?

3. What happens to Thomas in the German bunker and who pulls him out?

4. What is the new assignment at Wipers like?

5. What is the front line like?

6. What news does Molly announce and how does Charlie respond?

7. What happens when they encounter a German soldier in the German trenches?

8. Describe the fighting that occurs after the bombardment stops.

9. Who is in the bunker and what does Sergeant Hanley order his men to do?

10. How does Thomas react to Molly's being married to Charlie?

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