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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what does Charlotte's husband die?
(a) War wounds.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Typhus.

2. What does Charlotte do on the front lines?
(a) Cooks.
(b) Drives an ambulance.
(c) Sews clothing for the soldiers.
(d) Works as a nurse.

3. Who is teased ruthlessly in school?
(a) Constantine.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Albertine.

4. Why does one soldier mutilate himself?
(a) He enjoys the sight of his blood.
(b) To convince his superiors to send him to the front instead of being a clerk on the back lines.
(c) To keep from having to return to the front.
(d) After receiving a divorce request from his wife.

5. What is the worst image to haunt Charlotte?
(a) The sight of several very young German soldiers being tortured.
(b) The sight of several very young children being shot for stealing.
(c) The sight of men who have lost both arms and legs.
(d) The sight of elderly people freezing to death on the side of the road.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator help Pashka?

2. What does Albertine suddenly do one day?

3. What does Charlotte start believing about her husband?

4. What shatters when Pashka touches it?

5. What do the narrator and his sister secretly share while in the back of the line?

(see the answer key)

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