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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an international trench?
(a) A trench with parts occupied by opposing forces.
(b) A trench built by multiple allied nations.
(c) A trench built in no-man's land.
(d) A trench containing troops from different allied nations.

2. What do the men note about the commandant?
(a) He hates animals.
(b) He is harsh and capricious.
(c) He can't smoke a pipe without scorching it.
(d) He has the accent of a peasant.

3. What hazard do the men face even after they reach the relative safety of the heights?
(a) Machine gun fire.
(b) Artillery.
(c) Snipers.
(d) Barrage fire.

4. How do the narrator and the others find Bertrand's body?
(a) Stretched out like a cross.
(b) In several pieces.
(c) Grotesquely bloated.
(d) Partially severed at the waist.

5. What are the "Zouaves' Cells"?
(a) Forward trenches.
(b) Shelters.
(c) Groups of spies.
(d) Special artillery shells.

6. How is the Marist brother killed?
(a) By a sniper.
(b) By an artillery shell.
(c) By an insane patient.
(d) By the gunfire of approaching Germans.

7. What does the Foreign Legionnaire try to give to his comrade?
(a) A flask of brandy.
(b) His medals.
(c) His identity papers.
(d) A photo of his wife.

8. The German in the refuge served as which of the following?
(a) A sapper.
(b) A sniper.
(c) An aviator.
(d) An officer.

9. What kind of meat have Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin acquired when Chapter 18 opens?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Horse.
(c) Pig.
(d) Dog.

10. What does Paradis do for the old woman that he and the narrator find at the farmhouse?
(a) He helps her repair a hole in her roof.
(b) He shares his food with her.
(c) He gathers firewood for her.
(d) He polishes a pair of boots for her.

11. Why does Joseph Mesnil go into "no man's land"?
(a) To find a German rifle.
(b) To search for his brother.
(c) Because he is drunk.
(d) Because he wants to die.

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

13. While they are on leave, what does Volpatte remind the rest of the squad of?
(a) They will all become civilians again later.
(b) They are fighting to protect the life people enjoy in the city.
(c) They may all be dead in eight days.
(d) They are heroes in the people's eyes.

14. What do Blaire, Poupardin, and Pépin do in order to find a way to cook the meat?
(a) Pépin tries to improvise.
(b) Poupardin leads them in foraging.
(c) Blaire tries to get help from another regiment.
(d) They send Volpatte to complain to Cpl. Bertrand.

15. Overall, how do the men feel about the things they carry with them?
(a) They carry only what their officers force them to.
(b) They don't seem to care at all.
(c) They resent almost everything they have to carry.
(d) They take great care in the selection and arrangement of carried items.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two Moroccans want from the men?

2. How is Joseph Mesnil injured?

3. In Chapter 15, when the men run low on supplies, what does the narrator give to Paradis?

4. When the men are on leave, it is evident that Blaire changed in what way?

5. What does Volpatte say about the state of France?

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