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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bardamu think Sergeant Alcide is so honorable?
(a) He never swears
(b) He is always courteous
(c) He always treats his soldiers well
(d) He sends all his money back to his niece

2. What makes the Putas sad about the war?
(a) That they are fighting the Germans
(b) The idea of parents' children drying
(c) The loss of money to their business
(d) That everything is rationed

3. What do the soldiers have to do every month in order to get supplies?
(a) Rebuild the dock
(b) Sail upriver
(c) Fight off the natives
(d) Bribe their superior officers

4. What role does Bardamu perform in the army?
(a) Pilot
(b) General
(c) Sapper
(d) Messenger

5. What reasons does the Mayor of Noirceur cite for his treachery?
(a) Power and glory
(b) The Germans
(c) Money and wealth
(d) Historic artifacts and architecture

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money do the Putas give Voireuse and Bardamu?

2. Whom does Bardamu meet in Paris that he falls in lust for?

3. What do Bardamu and his colleagues do for 'fun' during the war?

4. What happens to the supplies Bardamu is entrusted with in Section 10?

5. Why are the other passengers on the steamboat suspicious of Bardamu?

(see the answer key)

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