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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Volpatte, how many shirkers are there in the depots?
(a) Millions.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) More than there are men on the front.

2. Pépin states that engages should not boast of having served unless they do which of the following?
(a) Encounter a tank.
(b) Face machine gun fire.
(c) Experience poison gas.
(d) Charge into an enemy trench.

3. In Chapter 15, one squad in the regiment is rumored to have made a meal out of what?
(a) Rats.
(b) Labri.
(c) A stray cat.
(d) Crows.

4. What does Mariette give to Eudore before he leaves?
(a) A box of cigars.
(b) Ham, bread, and wine.
(c) A picture of her.
(d) A stack of letters for him.

5. What does Cocon calculate about the squad?
(a) How many miles they marched.
(b) How many supplies they consumed since formation.
(c) How much weight they carry in total.
(d) How likely they are to survive.

Short Answer Questions

1. The men of the squad agree that support services should be performed by which of the following groups?

2. What is unique about the 5th battalion?

3. Where does Volpatte overhear the gossip of the gentlemen at the depot?

4. What was the purpose of the patrol that Lamuse, Barque, Biquet, and Eudore died on?

5. What does the author call the useless things that the men carry with them?

(see the answer key)

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