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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the gentlemen of the depot take care to avoid Volpatte?
(a) He is exceptionally rude to them.
(b) He is an enlisted man.
(c) He is crude and vulgar.
(d) He is war-mucky.

2. According to Cocon, how many corps are present in the area of the railway depot?
(a) 12 corps.
(b) 4 corps.
(c) 104 corps.
(d) 39 corps.

3. About how many deaths are predicted in the first chapter?
(a) One million deaths.
(b) Ten million deaths.
(c) Three million deaths.
(d) Thirty million deaths.

4. Where is Fouillade from?
(a) Paris.
(b) Alsace Lorraine.
(c) The Mediterranean.
(d) Normandy.

5. What is Biquet's response to his mother's concern for him as expressed in her letter?
(a) He is worried.
(b) He is amused.
(c) He immediately writes back to console her.
(d) He is totally unphased.

6. Cpl. Bertrand is described as being which of the following?
(a) Insane.
(b) Courageous.
(c) Aloof.
(d) Argumentative.

7. What do the narrator and Poterloo do with the three Germans they come across while on their way to Sauchez?
(a) They take them prisoner.
(b) They let them go.
(c) They let them bury their dead.
(d) They kill them on the spot.

8. Where is the squad dispatched at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) To the Ardennes.
(b) To Egypt.
(c) To the front.
(d) To the reserves area.

9. Chapter 7 begins with the squad waiting where as they prepare for redeployment?
(a) A railway platform.
(b) An aid station.
(c) A large camp.
(d) A motor pool.

10. Where do the events of the first chapter take place?
(a) On the French-German border.
(b) In Greece.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In the Alps.

11. Why is Pépère envied by the other men?
(a) He is being sent to the rear as a typist.
(b) He is getting married.
(c) He recently became a father.
(d) He was awarded a medal.

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

13. What does Lamuse believe about Eudoxie?
(a) She is hopelessly in love with him.
(b) She is a spy.
(c) She is following him.
(d) She can actually speak and understand French.

14. In general, what opinion do the soldiers have of the local women?
(a) They are friendly.
(b) They are ugly.
(c) They cook poorly.
(d) They are prudish.

15. Who are the anonymous individuals who make speculations in the first chapter?
(a) Inmates in a prison.
(b) Generals.
(c) The ghosts of dead soldiers.
(d) Invalids in a sanatorium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the squad's duty at night?

2. Barque is described as being which of the following?

3. When Cpl. Marchal and the narrator meet, they discuss which of the following happening to their mutual friends?

4. When the narrator returns to the squad's quarters after listening to the story of execution, what is Volpatte doing?

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

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