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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the men prevent their cleaned rifles from being stolen by lazy or dishonest soldiers?
(a) They disassemble the rifles.
(b) They keep watch in pairs.
(c) They sleep with their rifles under them.
(d) They put an identifying mark on them.

2. In Chapter 14, the squad learns that they are headed where?
(a) To the south.
(b) To the front lines.
(c) To Paris for leave.
(d) To Verdun.

3. How does Lamuse find Eudoxie's corpse?
(a) Her body is exhumed by the digging.
(b) He sees her body being carried on a stretcher.
(c) She is brought into a depot, dead.
(d) He finds her unburied, in a grave.

4. The Marist brother, mentioned early in the book, is seen serving what role in the hospital?
(a) Quartermaster.
(b) Chaplain.
(c) Guard.
(d) Red Cross sergeant.

5. In Chapter 15, when the men run low on supplies, what does the narrator give to Paradis?
(a) A small tin of tobacco.
(b) An egg.
(c) Half of his dry ration.
(d) A box of matches.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about the trench completed in Chapter 12?

2. According to the media, what is the state of the war?

3. Why was the veteran executed just prior to the events of Chapter 10?

4. Was does Poterloo discover about his wife?

5. Where is Fouillade from?

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