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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Sergeant Hanely's nickname?
(a) Hard-hearted Hanley.
(b) Horrible Hanley.
(c) Hopeless Hanley.
(d) Hanley the Hick.
2. What makes Thomas feel terribly empty while he is on leave?
(a) He receives a letter that their mother has died.
(b) He learns Anna is dead.
(c) He missed Charlie.
(d) He learns his friend has died.
3. What is the result of Charlie's refusal?
(a) He is punished every night.
(b) He is sent to the Navy brig.
(c) He is sent to the front lines.
(d) He is given a dishonorable discharge.
4. How does the Colonel threaten Thomas' family?
(a) He says he will kick them out of the cottage if Charlie does not enlist.
(b) He says he will raise their rent if Charlie keeps telling lies about the Colonel.
(c) He says he will force Big Joe into an institution if Charlie does not enlist.
(d) He does not threaten the family because he's in love with Thomas' mother.
5. Why is Charlie sent home?
(a) To recover from a bad burn.
(b) To recover from inhaling mustard gas.
(c) To recover from a foot wound.
(d) To recover from a wound to his head.
6. How long is Charlie's trial?
(a) One day.
(b) One hour.
(c) A few minutes.
(d) He does not go on trial.
7. What do Charlie, Thomas, and the rest of the trainees think of the war during boot camp?
(a) As a distant thing.
(b) As glorious.
(c) As a necessary evil.
(d) As immoral.
8. What does Charlie say to Hanley?
(a) That if they retreat now, they will be seen and shot.
(b) That Charlie will go and destroy some of the guns.
(c) That pursuit is suicidal.
(d) That at nightfall they cannot see the holes in the earth.
9. What is Thomas doing when someone yells that gas is coming?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) On guard duty.
(c) Eating.
(d) Writing a letter home.
10. What happens in the next minute after the German soldier sees the English?
(a) The German throws a grenade.
(b) The German runs shrieking to his comrades.
(c) The English shoot the German.
(d) The English tackle the German and gag him.
11. On what day does Charlie say he was born?
(a) January 1.
(b) November 22.
(c) October 5.
(d) June 2.
12. Where is the company ordered on the third day?
(a) To move forward to meet the Germans.
(b) To stay in the trenches.
(c) On the firesteps.
(d) To fall back to a new line of trenches.
13. How does Charlie feel about what Molly tells him?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He does not believe it.
(d) He is depressed.
14. Where does Thomas go after putting on his gas mask?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The barbed wire fencing.
(c) The firestep.
(d) The trenches.
15. What does the sergeant tell Charlie?
(a) Charlie is ordered to take out the left gun's emplacement.
(b) Charlie will be shot if he disobeys an order.
(c) Charlie is ordered to take Thomas for medical help.
(d) Charlie is ordered to stay and cover the other soldier's retreat.
Short Answer Questions
1. What seems to be briefly forgotten right after Big Joe is found?
2. Why does the company huddle in their trenches for two straight days?
3. Where are Thomas, Charlie, Hanley, and a dozen or so other men?
4. What does Thomas say he plans to do?
5. What happens when a German comes out from behind a curtain?
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