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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen recall about the last time he and Weir were together?
(a) They fought.
(b) They were on leave in Paris.
(c) They paid for prostitutes.
(d) They cleaned their weapons.

2. Which of the following is NOT something revealed in one of Stephen's notebooks?
(a) He cannot picture peace.
(b) He is tired in his soul.
(c) He still loves Chloe.
(d) He has lost reality since Weir's death.

3. Weir's company digs a shallow tunnel to listen for _____________________.
(a) A bugle sound.
(b) The enemy's counter tunnel.
(c) Singing.
(d) Approaching men.

4. How does Stephen pass the night and next day awaiting his meeting with Jeanne?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Calm.
(c) Fitful.
(d) Frantic.

5. Stephen sometimes loves his men for their __________________, but sometimes feels contempt for them.
(a) Generosity.
(b) Singing.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Courage.

6. Who is the German solider who leads two men into Stephen's tunnel?
(a) Captain Meijer.
(b) Major Schultz.
(c) Colonel Schmidt.
(d) Lieutenant Levi.

7. Stephen's indifference stems from too much __________________.
(a) Grief.
(b) Privilege.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Attention.

8. What does Robert answer Elizabeth when she asks him about when he will marry her?
(a) He is no good for Elizabeth.
(b) His wife won't divorce him.
(c) He will initiate a divorce soon.
(d) He is no longer in love with him.

9. How does Weir die?
(a) A sniper shoots him in the head.
(b) He is blown up by a grenade.
(c) He receives a bayonet injury.
(d) He drowns.

10. How many notebooks does Francoise estimate there are in the attic?
(a) 40 or so.
(b) 20-30.
(c) 3.
(d) 15.

11. Why does Francoise call Elizabeth on a Saturday afternoon?
(a) To schedule a shopping date.
(b) To tell her she found more notebooks.
(c) To ask if she wants to come to supper.
(d) To ask for a ride to church.

12. What does Elizabeth know about Robert?
(a) He will never leave his wife.
(b) He is a genius.
(c) He is cowardly.
(d) He is very ill.

13. Whose name does Stephen sob as Jeanne holds him?
(a) Jeanne's.
(b) Chloe's.
(c) Marie's.
(d) Isabelle's.

14. What does Stephen promise the German soldier who rescues him?
(a) To send him some photographs.
(b) To name his son after him.
(c) To write about him in his diary.
(d) To write to him when he returns home.

15. What does Elizabeth ask her co-workers, Irene and Erich?
(a) If they want to go to the opera with her.
(b) Where they think she should buy a house.
(c) If they want to go out after work.
(d) If they know anything about World War I.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing the person Elizabeth contacted can say about Stephen?

2. What does Stephen tell Jeanne about in a letter?

3. What do Jeanne and Stephen talk about when he visits her?

4. What skill does Stephen have that is needed by the brigade staff?

5. What does Stephen buy from a rude salesman in Norfolk?

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