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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One - Russia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sajer learn when they arrived in Kharkov?
(a) His father died.
(b) The Allies landed in France.
(c) Moscow had fallen.
(d) Stalingrad had fallen.

2. How many days of supplies were issued to Sajer and his group before Sajer left the training camp?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 2 days.

3. How many trucks did Sajer's small detachment drive from Minsk to Kiev a few days after Christmas 1942?
(a) 29 trucks.
(b) 25 trucks.
(c) 15 trucks.
(d) 20 trucks.

4. What did the icy road turn into during the German retreat from the Don river?
(a) Impassable rivers.
(b) Thick rivers of mud.
(c) Dry road.
(d) Grassland.

5. What was inside the train heading west Sajer mentions in Part 1 Chapter 1?
(a) Civilians.
(b) Jews.
(c) Russian prisoners.
(d) Wounded German soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the German soldiers do with the Russian wounded?

2. What does Sajer say one man on his unit did during the first two weeks on the front line?

3. What river is south of Voronezh according to Part 1 Chapter 2?

4. What did Sajer's unit do in Minsk through Christmas?

5. What was Guy Sajer's unit's purpose?

(see the answer key)

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