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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men concede with regards to the "shirkers"?
(a) It is a smart thing to do.
(b) Shirking is human nature.
(c) They are unavoidable.
(d) They are necessary.

2. When the narrator returns to the squad's quarters after listening to the story of execution, what is Volpatte doing?
(a) Crying.
(b) Telling anecdotes.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Drinking.

3. How are Volpatte and Fouillade's positions discovered?
(a) They sing loudly.
(b) They send up a flare.
(c) The 204th stumbles across them.
(d) They use a signaling mirror.

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

5. When Chapter 2 opens, how long has the war been going on?
(a) 15 months.
(b) Three years.
(c) 22 days.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, a general schedules a curfew for what period of time everyday?

2. How long was Volpatte on leave to recover from his injury?

3. In Chapter 3, how long do the soldiers have before they get sent back to the front?

4. In general, what opinion do the soldiers have of the local women?

5. Lamuse is described with what seemingly contradictory label?

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