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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Volpatte's compatriots oppose him when he criticizes what group?
(a) The medical staff.
(b) The police.
(c) The civilians.
(d) The English enlisted men.

3. When Chapter 12 begins, how long has the squad been digging trenches?
(a) One month.
(b) Six months.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Two months.

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

5. What is Labri?
(a) A cat.
(b) A sheep dog.
(c) A goat.
(d) A thieving racoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lamuse's opinion of aircraft?

2. Overall, the men of Cpl. Bertrand's squad are best described in what way?

3. Which luxury in Gauchin-l'Abbé do the men seem to enjoy most?

4. Which soldier besides Lamuse believes the Eudoxie is infatuated with him?

5. While watching the chickens, what dose Paradis see?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Joseph's brother, and how is his body found?

2. What are some of the reasons that the men at the depot use to explain why they are not fighting?

3. Why does Eudore agree to take his five old friends with him when he goes to visit his wife?

4. How does the author feel about the speech of the characters in the book he is writing?

5. How does Poterloo sneak behind enemy lines?

6. What is the "feast of the survivors"?

7. What is the nature and duty of Cpl. Bertrand's squad?

8. How do the civilian's perceptions of the war differ from the soldier's experiences?

9. Who was executed just before the events of Chapter 10, and why?

10. How do the men feel about the things they carry?

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